• YC AI startup school application - v2
  • Founders Inc. Off Season application - v4
  • I’m still not able to deal with being rejected
  • Reason I feel emotional resistance to accept defeat is because I truly believe that I deserve to be there. I earned it
  • And if I don’t get in, the system is rigged
  • The other potential reason I believe I might get rejected is because of the idea and not me which is understandable
  • The question now is, is that a toxic behavior. Should I drop my ego. Is that my ego speaking. I’d like to believe it’s not. I’d like to believe that the work and pain and effort that I put myself through is what is speaking.
  • update 2025-07-14: I just have to pay my ignorance debt. I’ll eventually get what I deserve.