YC will hold interviews in Vancouver for founders who can’t get US visas

Post by redditmigrant » Fri, Mar 10, 2017, 9:31 AM UTC

discombobulate wrote: post #153

chuhnk wrote: post #19

What if it's because I oppose the muslim ban and refuse to enter the US? That's a serious question. Actually I feel like the response to that will be, "It's your choice" but hey solidarity man!

Have all Muslims been banned from the US? I thought it was only a set of countries draw up by Obama. Edit: Words are hard! Edit2: Yes, downvote me & upvote the hyperbole. Welcome to the post-fact world. All Muslims are banned. Trump is Hitler. The stock market's going to crash. Anyone right of Obama is racist scum who should lose their job. Etc.

Post by foooker » Fri, Mar 10, 2017, 9:54 AM UTC

adventured wrote: post #751

K0SM0S wrote: post #743

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Frankly, seen from Europe, most things 'police', 'safety', 'justice' are nothing short of wtf-grade in the US. It's surreal, it's one of the closest thing there is to dystopia (of the wrong kind) in the west. Arguably SF/Bay is a bit of an island (even politically) but still deeply embedded in the rather 'extreme' US culture. By comparison Canada, much like Sweden or Switzerland here, feels like a pretty 'normal' cou…

Sweden is now the rape capital of the West, with a rape rate twice that of the US. Its violent crime has skyrocketed the last 20 years and looks to keep getting worse. How do you consider that pretty normal? Further, Europe on average has a higher violent crime rate than the US. Europe's largest nation by population - Russia - has nearly four times the murder rate of the US.

Post by kamaal » Fri, Mar 10, 2017, 10:25 AM UTC

dominotw wrote: post #479

curiousfiddler wrote: post #448

If you don't provide opportunity and a good civil environment to brilliant/enterprising people, they will find a way elsewhere. And once Vancouver or any other city starts working for them, Silicon Valley will lose its exclusivity. The thing to note here is that this response from YC is not a political one, but a response that came out of market demand; it is pretty significant if it works out.

Been hearing this since late nineties about how inability to get visas is going to be the death of US tech industry. Absolutely nothing has changed since h1b visa was initially implemented, its almost exactly the same when as it was conceived. And yet U.S tech industry is not dead.

Post by herbst » Fri, Mar 10, 2017, 10:52 AM UTC

madeofpalk wrote: post #520

ddebernardy wrote: post #118

In light of recent events [0], there's a non-zero chance that some founders out there would rather avoid going to the US at all - if only to protest with their wallet. It might be more sensible to open a second incubator in the EU. Berlin, Amsterdam, Dublin, Barcelona, there are plenty of options. (London is a good choice on paper too but pray tell what'll happen after Brexit.) [0]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/new…

Sydney! To your note about people avoiding the US - I've already seen this for personal travel. I was planning on doing a bit of a holiday around the country, but now the US just leaves such a sour place in my mouth and I would much rather go elsewhere. A number of my friends have made the same decision.

Post by eloisant » Fri, Mar 10, 2017, 10:54 AM UTC

curiousfiddler wrote: post #448

If you don't provide opportunity and a good civil environment to brilliant/enterprising people, they will find a way elsewhere. And once Vancouver or any other city starts working for them, Silicon Valley will lose its exclusivity. The thing to note here is that this response from YC is not a political one, but a response that came out of market demand; it is pretty significant if it works out.