YC Applicants: Q&A with Abby and Ivan Kirigin of Tipjoy
I have recently exchanged Q&A emails with Ivan Kirigin, the founder of tipjoy.com, about his experiences being in the Y Combinator. I want to really thank Ivan and Abby for replying all these questions with depth. I've promised I would share these Q&A with the community so all YC applicants can have a taste and feel of what's to come and more importantly what the application process is like. I also want to thank Andrew Warner from mixergy.com for helping me and inspiring me to apply for Y Combinator. If you ever need to learn entrepreneurship, his interviews is a great way to learn it from. Here's the Q&A: Q: Did you have to assist the financial risks that were involved with both of you in the same business? Isn't it like putting all your eggs in one basket? The worst case scenario was that we would have to go back to 'regular' jobs. Leaving a job at a big company to start yo
Why it failed
I have recently exchanged Q&A emails with Ivan Kirigin, the founder of tipjoy.com, about his experiences being in the Y Combinator. I want to really thank Ivan and Abby for replying all these questions with depth. I've promised I would share these Q&A with the community s
- Kind
- startup
- Status
- Shut down
- Inventor
- releasedatez
- Ended
- 2009
- Source
- hackernews