I'm not sure how many people realize this, but Airbnb would not exist without @mwseibel. The company would have died without YC, and they wouldn't have applied to YC if Michael hadn't told them to.
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you’re too good to give yourself credit but my guess is at least part of why they were hanging with the http://justin.tv guys was to get that nudge/recommendation toward yc (subconsciously or consciously)
Nice of you to say, but I honestly don't think so. The JTV guys really had to convince them to apply. If they'd wanted to apply, they would have applied on time. But they missed the deadline and Justin had to email us.
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Would YC have paid attention to their late app if not for the email from Justin?
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It's not true that they were hanging with us for a rec -- they didn't think they were eligible to do YC as a company that had already launched. We had to convince them they 1) could apply and 2) it was worth one last shot.
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Remember that this was back in 08 when YC had a much different (and much smaller) reputation. People thought it was for 2 kids in a dorm room that hadn't even built a product yet.
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