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Re: 10,000 Startups opens for Application

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Post by rgovind » Wed, Apr 17, 2013, 6:06 PM UTC

neilxdsouza wrote: post #2

I made a toxic comment about my country here. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4590672 Perhaps this is something on a positive note. Even the website is done well and looks modern. Somebody out there is thinking. Thumbs up to everyone who gets in (and I hope I do too).

The comment was not toxic...It was only misinformed :P

Curious to know more about your survey programming compiler...Did you manage to sell any licenses?

Re: 10,000 Startups opens for Application

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Post by StartEngineLA » Wed, Apr 17, 2013, 9:47 PM UTC

Are they importing mentors, angel investors, and a support system to India? How can you teach "how to fail" somewhere where failure is very much taboo?

Re: 10,000 Startups opens for Application

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Post by kumarharsh » Thu, Apr 18, 2013, 9:27 AM UTC

neilxdsouza wrote: post #19

jdhok wrote: post #17

Are they expecting working prototypes? Is there any period for developing it and then submitting ?

Timeline says you can submit your application from 5-apr-2013 to 30-apr-2013. I dont think they have an expectation of a working prototype from what I've read on the various pages. Independently, I met an angel investment group head, and their expectation was just a business idea. So I think the expectation for Indian startups is a lot lower, at least in this 1st batch.

in the form, they ask you specifically at what stage the startup is at, so it seems they would be looking at all startup submissions... Though of course, if you have a prototype it would not hurt... :)