I'm so glad you took the time to apply! Your idea was slightly different back then, but I remember how impressive you were during the YC interview. As you said in your application:
Among the members of the founding team we have domain
expertise in recruiting; in content creation and promotion;
and in directly engaging with women ages 20-35. What's
more, we've been working in this specific field (job
opportunities and career advice for professional women)
for the last year, and the response from women has been
unbelievable. Our user testimonials sometimes verge on
the fanatical.
(Though I did a PhD at GT, and David worked at Google post-ITA acquisition. :-/ However, our CEO did neither.)
I wonder if the study had a selection bias (eg. if it was a poll conducted on the parent website very.co.uk)
Hustlers. Recruited PhDs & MSs with great experience/ backgrounds and empowered our team (hire smarter than yourself). Build a product that makes sense and people are demanding you take their money for... we are not perfectly outside the norm, but I would assume we're pretty unusual (at least in education/ experience/ skillset). You can email me any questions re YC.
"I can be tricked by anyone who looks like Mark Zuckerberg."-Paul Graham
Today is the deadline for YC. The idea is to give applicants final ideas to help in their application. That's what this thread should be about.
Ladies, thanks for publishing.
If there are international applicants that have been successful, please share. If you are ok sharing privately, I'd really appreciate it. My email is on my profile.
The reality is that most of our writers are also mentors to other people, and they really enjoy it. Writing for The Muse is their way of scaling that mentorship to a broader audience.
Ultimately the work these people do is more valuable for themuse than for themselves, and even if there are a lot of people willing to do it, it does not mean it is ethical to let them do it for free.
More info on that change here: http://www.themuse.com/advice/join-our-new-journey-updates-f...