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PG - Quick question, Does it hurt to apply too early? like before some demos etc. are actually finished? i.e. My idea is fleshed out but some of the project the application is for is not yet, if I submit now are you guys more or less likely to take a look at it when I re-submit with updated URL's etc.?
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I'm not 100% sure, but it looks like 9 out of 64, which is a larger percentage than normal. I doubt it's due to growth though; it's probably just a fluke. (The reason it's 64 and not 63 is that two of the startups in this batch merged part way through.)
That's 14%. What % of applicants were single founders? I know you have a predisposition against singles, but that's actually higher than I would have expected.
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The best summary I have heard of whether or not to apply is: "If you think you might need YC, you need it. If you think you might not need YC, you need it. If you are ABSOLUTELY SURE you don't need YC, you probably still do, but maybe not."
I'm not really comfortable with the word "need" there since obviously most successful companies don't go through YC. It's more like, "What are the situations where going through YC is a net minus?" and there are very few. YC is a great boost in the right direction, but most people that apply won't be accepted. What should they do? Well, if they were serious in the first place, they should start their company anyway.…
Last I checked, doing YC requires one to live in the USA, a place that has been rapidly increasing in insanity for the last ten years or so. That's a net loss for anyone who values their basic freedoms.
Then again, some value customers, cash flow, and shareholder value more than their own personal liberties, so the "net loss" calculation will vary from individual to individual -- but note well that it will probably only become more likely as the US becomes worse.
Plot the points from the PATRIOT act to the TSA harassment and groping and throw _that_ graph in your deck.
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Do not wait. A great cofounder is more likely to come along if you build it.
Don't you think that some people would be hesitant to join a startup as a cofounder with a product already in development?
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I'm not really comfortable with the word "need" there since obviously most successful companies don't go through YC. It's more like, "What are the situations where going through YC is a net minus?" and there are very few. YC is a great boost in the right direction, but most people that apply won't be accepted. What should they do? Well, if they were serious in the first place, they should start their company anyway.…
> "What are the situations where going through YC is a net minus?" and there are very few. Last I checked, doing YC requires one to live in the USA, a place that has been rapidly increasing in insanity for the last ten years or so. That's a net loss for anyone who values their basic freedoms. Then again, some value customers, cash flow, and shareholder value more than their own personal liberties, so the "net loss" c…
YC has never required you to live in the US beyond the 3 months that the program runs. They strongly recommend it, but there are a handful of YC companies headquartered elsewhere (with the largest contingent in and around London).
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> "What are the situations where going through YC is a net minus?" and there are very few. Last I checked, doing YC requires one to live in the USA, a place that has been rapidly increasing in insanity for the last ten years or so. That's a net loss for anyone who values their basic freedoms. Then again, some value customers, cash flow, and shareholder value more than their own personal liberties, so the "net loss" c…
It's particularly ironic that you say that replying to a YC founder that lives in the same city as you. YC has never required you to live in the US beyond the 3 months that the program runs. They strongly recommend it, but there are a handful of YC companies headquartered elsewhere (with the largest contingent in and around London).
2) Short of bussing down to Mexico and flying home from there, how would one avoid sexual assault at the hands of the US government after the program ends?
3) Whoever solves this telepresence issue for problems like this once and for all will make a mint.
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It's particularly ironic that you say that replying to a YC founder that lives in the same city as you. YC has never required you to live in the US beyond the 3 months that the program runs. They strongly recommend it, but there are a handful of YC companies headquartered elsewhere (with the largest contingent in and around London).
1) That's enough to ruin the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion (presuming US citizenship) for 2012. 35 days/year is all we get. 2) Short of bussing down to Mexico and flying home from there, how would one avoid sexual assault at the hands of the US government after the program ends? 3) Whoever solves this telepresence issue for problems like this once and for all will make a mint.
2 - I've flown in and out of the US numerous times this year and have yet to be "molested" or even go through millimeter wave scanning. Even then the radiation dose is minuscule. You'll get more exposure to radiation on the flight itself than in the scan. Don't let your fear rule you.
3 - Telepresence isn't the problem; the 8-hour time difference is. Technology will not surpass this unless one side becomes nocturnal
Sorry if this has been asked/answered before: is there a disadvantage to applying multiple times? In other words, is it better to wait until you are totally sure you have your strongest application, or is it worth taking the risk, and then applying again when you are further along with your project?
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1) That's enough to ruin the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion (presuming US citizenship) for 2012. 35 days/year is all we get. 2) Short of bussing down to Mexico and flying home from there, how would one avoid sexual assault at the hands of the US government after the program ends? 3) Whoever solves this telepresence issue for problems like this once and for all will make a mint.
For what it's worth. 1 - There are ways around this. For instance you don't have to pay yourself a salary. 2 - I've flown in and out of the US numerous times this year and have yet to be "molested" or even go through millimeter wave scanning. Even then the radiation dose is minuscule. You'll get more exposure to radiation on the flight itself than in the scan. Don't let your fear rule you. 3 - Telepresence isn't the…
How do people start up with less than $20K? That's barely enough to cover basic icorporation + lawyer + equipment + website graphic design. If you need to hire somebody professional (like sales guys), what do you do?
$20K is a LOT of money. You can form an LLC for a hundred bucks, lease a server for another hundred, and do your own graphic design at the outset (or hire a student for a couple of hundred). To hire a sales guy, just use the money from all the sales that are taking up so much of your time you need to hire someone else to handle them. That comes a little bit later...