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Re: Applications Open for Winter 2013 YC Funding

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Post by pclark » Wed, Sep 12, 2012, 6:25 PM UTC

dude_abides wrote: post #13

Can a non-citizen currently on H1B visa apply?

I think it is fair to say that YC doesn't care about your immigration status.

YC has a great community to discuss this kind of question: do not let your immigration status prevent you from applying.

Re: Applications Open for Winter 2013 YC Funding

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Post by bfe » Wed, Sep 12, 2012, 6:25 PM UTC

pg wrote: post #10

kurtvarner wrote: post #4

PG, any results from the apply without an idea experiment?

It's still too early to tell.

I took the guidelines to say the important thing about the idea submission is that it provides evidence the founders are smart. Wouldn't smart founders still want to take advantage of every opportunity to provide such evidence?

Re: Applications Open for Winter 2013 YC Funding

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Post by kaolinite » Wed, Sep 12, 2012, 6:29 PM UTC

PG: What would your advice be to someone with no co-founder? Apply anyway and see what you think, or don't even bother and wait until you've found someone to work with?

I appreciate the issues with single founder companies however am finding it hard to locate someone with the required interest and skill in my area.

Re: Applications Open for Winter 2013 YC Funding

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Post by olivercameron » Wed, Sep 12, 2012, 6:32 PM UTC

kaolinite wrote: post #23

PG: What would your advice be to someone with no co-founder? Apply anyway and see what you think, or don't even bother and wait until you've found someone to work with? I appreciate the issues with single founder companies however am finding it hard to locate someone with the required interest and skill in my area.

As someone who applied as a single founder (and got in), just apply anyway. However, ensure that you get across that you are indeed open to finding a co-founder.

Re: Applications Open for Winter 2013 YC Funding

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Post by c0mpute » Wed, Sep 12, 2012, 6:35 PM UTC

dude_abides wrote: post #13

Can a non-citizen currently on H1B visa apply?

A very valid question.How about those on H4?

As some might know the H1 for this year has been used up (unlike in the past 4-5 years), will YC still be ok accepting ideas/startups that cannot be on h1?

Some clarity on this front will be very helpful for immigrants :)

Re: Applications Open for Winter 2013 YC Funding

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Post by glaugh » Wed, Sep 12, 2012, 6:35 PM UTC

kaolinite wrote: post #23

PG: What would your advice be to someone with no co-founder? Apply anyway and see what you think, or don't even bother and wait until you've found someone to work with? I appreciate the issues with single founder companies however am finding it hard to locate someone with the required interest and skill in my area.

For what it's worth, about 15% of last batch had only one founder: http://blog.statwing.com/a-statistical-portrait-of-a-y-combi...

Re: Applications Open for Winter 2013 YC Funding

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Post by kaolinite » Wed, Sep 12, 2012, 6:35 PM UTC

olivercameron wrote: post #24

kaolinite wrote: post #23

PG: What would your advice be to someone with no co-founder? Apply anyway and see what you think, or don't even bother and wait until you've found someone to work with? I appreciate the issues with single founder companies however am finding it hard to locate someone with the required interest and skill in my area.

As someone who applied as a single founder (and got in), just apply anyway. However, ensure that you get across that you are indeed open to finding a co-founder.

Thanks Oliver, that's reassuring. May I ask what happened after you were accepted - did you find a co-founder then?

Re: Applications Open for Winter 2013 YC Funding

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Post by pg » Wed, Sep 12, 2012, 6:35 PM UTC

kaolinite wrote: post #23

PG: What would your advice be to someone with no co-founder? Apply anyway and see what you think, or don't even bother and wait until you've found someone to work with? I appreciate the issues with single founder companies however am finding it hard to locate someone with the required interest and skill in my area.

Get a cofounder. If your startup succeeds, you could spend 5 years or more working on it. It's rounding error to spend 6 months making a concerted effort to find a cofounder first. And while it can be hard to find a cofounder, it's not as hard as starting a successful startup.

Re: Applications Open for Winter 2013 YC Funding

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Post by pg » Wed, Sep 12, 2012, 6:36 PM UTC

dm8 wrote: post #19

akshxy wrote: post #17

Will YC consider funding a nanotechnology company?

I'm not a YC founder/partner but as far as my knowledge goes, I don't think YC discriminates between hardware and software startups.

We had 6 hardware startups in the most recent batch in fact.

Re: Applications Open for Winter 2013 YC Funding

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Post by kaolinite » Wed, Sep 12, 2012, 6:36 PM UTC

glaugh wrote: post #26

kaolinite wrote: post #23

PG: What would your advice be to someone with no co-founder? Apply anyway and see what you think, or don't even bother and wait until you've found someone to work with? I appreciate the issues with single founder companies however am finding it hard to locate someone with the required interest and skill in my area.

For what it's worth, about 15% of last batch had only one founder: http://blog.statwing.com/a-statistical-portrait-of-a-y-combi...

That I did not know. I always thought that single founder companies were quite rare. Many thanks.