Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Ask HN: Can I visit your startup in SF?

news.ycombinator.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

61–70 of 89 posts

Re: Ask HN: Can I visit your startup in SF?

#61

Post by heliodor »

petercooper wrote: post #6

There have been quite a few threads like this on HN over the years (including one I made :-)). I wonder if there's some way of formalizing or aggregating the concept of visiting other companies, it seems there's an audience for it.

In New York, there's WalkAboutNYC. They organize events frequently enough. http://walkaboutnyc.com/

Re: Ask HN: Can I visit your startup in SF?

#63

Post by jaredsohn »

rabidsnail wrote: post #12
maxcameron wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah no kidding. We're already staying at one of our customer's houses while we're there. So there's a ton of support for visiting startups.

Didn't there used to be a tour thing after every Startup School?

>used to be a tour thing

There has been a YC distributed open house at least each of the past couple of years. Haven't heard if there will be one this year or not.

Re: Ask HN: Can I visit your startup in SF?

#64

Post by evanlivingston »

petercooper wrote: post #6

There have been quite a few threads like this on HN over the years (including one I made :-)). I wonder if there's some way of formalizing or aggregating the concept of visiting other companies, it seems there's an audience for it.

I worked in high-end restaurants for a number of years where where there is a practice known as staging. Many restaurants allow cooks to come work for a few days to a few months, generally without pay. One of the biggest advantages of this system is that cooks can gain high-level experience from a restaurant they might be unqualified to work in. It would be cool to this kind of casual system in this industry.
Post reply on HN