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Re: YC NYC, September 26

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Post by startupfounder »

pg wrote: post #16
pitdesi wrote: post #3

Are you considering going back to the 2 city model where you have a YC batch on both coasts? It would seem to make sense in NYC, as the city has made great strides as an internet startup hub and probably significantly ahead of where Boston was when YC moved entirely to California. edit: PG's reasons for moving to California permanently (2.5 years ago) are described here: http://ycombinator.com/ycca.html - but as YC h…

We have no current plan to. Going to Silicon Valley for YC doesn't mean moving there permanently. (There are about a dozen YC funded startups in NYC.) And if ambitious people are willing to go to another city for several years for college or grad school, it doesn't seem like a big stretch for them to go to Silicon Valley for 3 months for YC. There's a long tradition of ambitious people travelling to the big center of…

This is a great sign for an east coaster born and raised (grew up in Cambridge roaming the streets of Central Square).

I applaud YC's efforts to build an "official" community in NYC, having a number of successful companies to seed this is a great way to transition an informal core group into a sustainable community.

Now YC funded companies have the option after incubating in SV to surround themselves with the same support on the east coast that YC is known for.

Re: YC NYC, September 26

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Post by kristiandupont »

nicholasjbs wrote: post #29
pg wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We have no current plan to. Going to Silicon Valley for YC doesn't mean moving there permanently. (There are about a dozen YC funded startups in NYC.) And if ambitious people are willing to go to another city for several years for college or grad school, it doesn't seem like a big stretch for them to go to Silicon Valley for 3 months for YC. There's a long tradition of ambitious people travelling to the big center of…

My cofounder and I moved from NYC to the Valley to be part of the S2010 YC batch. The time we spent there was incredibly valuable and definitely worth it, even though we knew from the start our company would ultimately be based in NYC. Doing YC in no way means you have to leave New York for good.

Could you elaborate a bit on what you learned or realized? Was it simply a different vibe or were there more tangible differences that the rest of the world could learn from?

Re: YC NYC, September 26

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Post by akharris »

pg wrote: post #16
pitdesi wrote: post #3

Are you considering going back to the 2 city model where you have a YC batch on both coasts? It would seem to make sense in NYC, as the city has made great strides as an internet startup hub and probably significantly ahead of where Boston was when YC moved entirely to California. edit: PG's reasons for moving to California permanently (2.5 years ago) are described here: http://ycombinator.com/ycca.html - but as YC h…

We have no current plan to. Going to Silicon Valley for YC doesn't mean moving there permanently. (There are about a dozen YC funded startups in NYC.) And if ambitious people are willing to go to another city for several years for college or grad school, it doesn't seem like a big stretch for them to go to Silicon Valley for 3 months for YC. There's a long tradition of ambitious people travelling to the big center of…

We didn't hesitate even a little before moving out to the Valley for YCW11. We knew, from the start, that we'd probably move back to NY because of the dynamics of our market.

Moving out there was an incredible experience, and being able to bring what we learned there, and the network we built, back to the east coast is a huge asset for tutorspree. If you're willing to do anything to make your company succeed, then moving to the west coast for a few months weighed against everything it gives you is kindof an easy decision.

Re: YC NYC, September 26

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pg wrote: post #5
klbarry wrote: post #4

Just applied, I hope I can attend. I got an error message when submitting the resume text, though. Error 324 (net::ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE): The server closed the connection without sending any data.

Sorry. The server is a bit overloaded today. Try http://news.ycombinator.com/resume?id=klbarry

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Re: YC NYC, September 26

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Post by paul »

benatkin wrote: post #11

Huh. Surprised how tiny the Wikipedia article about Y Combinator is. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Combinator I wanted to read about and see the date of a talk pg gave at Harvard before Y Combinator's first batch (not Startup School 2005; I went to that so I know a little about it). Anyone have details? Curious.

The edit history is interesting to review. They actively remove useful information from the article, e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Y_Combinator&d...

I'd love to see someone create a non-broken wikipedia that keeps the citation rules but eliminates of the rest of the deletionist culture.

Re: YC NYC, September 26

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Post by dmitri1981 »

Quick question for PG. Would you be interested in running a similar event in London? We've been organising an HN meetup for over a year and currently have a community of over 1100 people that would love to attend an event like this. There are also several YC companies including Songkick that have been involved in the meetup that I am certain would be interested in helping out.
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