Is there gonna be something similar in Bengaluru?
Want to start a startup? Meet all the YC partners in Boston – Apr 20th
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Re: Want to start a startup? Meet all the YC partners in Boston – Apr 20th
#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Where did you get that impression Probably from Paul Graham: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39756865
I learned a long time ago, that HN and YCombinator were never for me. We were too poor and never part of the elite SV venture capitalism scene, no matter how sharp or crazy the idea. We were never part of that 'scene'. Hell, I even tried to enter the VC scene locally. It was all about blatant lying and redoing Uber than actual innovative and crazy ideas. I even had a 'mentor' say that I should just lie about hockey s…
> It's not that hard to see the emperor is dearlng no clothes.
Well the business model assumes 90%+ of companies fail. They're only looking for a small number of big winners. And because of the fast moving nature of the space, things like numbers can be fuzzy and aren't really too important until the later stages. So there's just less diligence in general and understandably that creates room for some fraud. That doesn't mean the model is a scam.
The issue is that too much money got pumped into the space in recent years when it really wasn't needed.
Re: Want to start a startup? Meet all the YC partners in Boston – Apr 20th
#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
> but this is less true of YC than society at large, and it's a big part of YC's business for it to remain so. Are there collected statistics that showcase this?
This might help for creating an initial analysis: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/founders Of 11,162 YC founders who haven't opted out of the directory, the top 9 alma maters account for nearly exactly 20% of founders. 540 - Stanford University 388 - University of California, Berkeley 373 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology 193 - University of Waterloo 187 - Harvard University 144 - Carnegie Mellon Universi…
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Re: Want to start a startup? Meet all the YC partners in Boston – Apr 20th
#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
Question: - I am older, established, and have done a number of successful startups in various roles. - I have a family and can't spend a summer in California. - I don't need the seed funding YCombinator provides, but I don't mind it either. I can self-fund a bit However, I'd truly enjoy the experience, and with my next startup, I'd be glad to trade off the equity to be in the YC community. I think I'd learn a lot fro…
As two times YC founder, you fit 100% in what YC invests.
As someone in a similar scenario to the comment you're replying to, I feel like we 0% fit because of this:
> I have a family and can't spend a summer in California.
Re: Want to start a startup? Meet all the YC partners in Boston – Apr 20th
#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
Forgive me as I have little sympathy for middle aged adults calling "agism!!!" whenever an opportunity is presented to a college student that wasn't also presented to them
I mean isn’t that literally ageism? I don’t have any opinion on whether it’s acceptable or not here but come on…
There's also no rules saying middle aged adults cannot be college students. The only agist policy here is that you need to be 18 to apply, and nobody bat their eye at that.
Re: Want to start a startup? Meet all the YC partners in Boston – Apr 20th
#66Earlier quoted context omitted.
It can be held honestly. I don't think it's productive to say another commenter can't possibly believe something I don't believe. In either case here's a better starting point. There are batch stats https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/yc-summer-2020-batch-stats that can be referenced against the founder directory.
I did not say the what you claim I said. A person may dishonestly believe something.
May and an assertion are two different things. Maybe I'm misunderstanding?
Re: Want to start a startup? Meet all the YC partners in Boston – Apr 20th
#67We only hire Americans from elite universities, but please come along and waste your time!
No Americans from elite universities here at Fly.io (W20).
Re: Want to start a startup? Meet all the YC partners in Boston – Apr 20th
#68Funny they decided to do it on 420.
blaze it
Re: Want to start a startup? Meet all the YC partners in Boston – Apr 20th
#69Why do founders need to be in school?
Why do we need to meet YC partners to start a startup?
You don't.
YC teaches people how to run startups. There are other ways to learn how to do a startup.
But I do suggest watching some of their videos or reading some on their articles. Their approach and attitude helped me realize I'd rather join an early stage startup than run one.
Re: Want to start a startup? Meet all the YC partners in Boston – Apr 20th
#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Where did you get that impression Probably from Paul Graham: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39756865
I learned a long time ago, that HN and YCombinator were never for me. We were too poor and never part of the elite SV venture capitalism scene, no matter how sharp or crazy the idea. We were never part of that 'scene'. Hell, I even tried to enter the VC scene locally. It was all about blatant lying and redoing Uber than actual innovative and crazy ideas. I even had a 'mentor' say that I should just lie about hockey s…
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