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I'm interested in the idea for weekly dinner and demo day - just wondering how would you get all the VCs to attend?
You're not going to get that. If there is no way to keep bozos out, there is no guarantee of quality, and thus less interest. So just stick to fun meetings once in a while, rather than anything smacking of an 'organization'.
How about gathering in one of the countries that recently joined the EU: Bulgaria, Romania... Living is cheap, labour is cheap, people are smart. Anyone interested? On the other hand conditions there not that professional and engineers don't have adequate experience. Hmm...
This is something I was thinking about after reading the rejection thread. How many other rejects are still going ahead with the plan to move their startup to SV this winter even though they aren't participating in YC? (or are already there after not getting accepted into previous cycles?) We'll be there for sure, and would be highly interested in organizing something with other 'Y Not' startups to have some kind of…
I'm going to be moving up sometime in January. If people want to get together and rent and apartment, I'd be really interested. I'm thinking a 3 bedroom, with bunk beds and the whole nine yards.
Also, just getting together and eating dinner and talking would be immensely helpful.
Is anyone interested? How can we organize this?
I've created a facebook group (hold the lynching mob please). http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5381210911
How about gathering in one of the countries that recently joined the EU: Bulgaria, Romania... Living is cheap, labour is cheap, people are smart. Anyone interested? On the other hand conditions there not that professional and engineers don't have adequate experience. Hmm...
How about gathering in one of the countries that recently joined the EU: Bulgaria, Romania... Living is cheap, labour is cheap, people are smart. Anyone interested? On the other hand conditions there not that professional and engineers don't have adequate experience. Hmm...
Sprout Systems (the original one at sproutit.com, thank you very much, not the one Clustrix merged with) lived in Prague for ten months when developing Mailroom:
"The three of us met in school at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego. After graduation, we decided to launch a business together. Once we got to talking about our past experiences trying to find good software to run our small businesses, we knew what we had to do.
"Since then, the three of us actually moved to Prague, Czech Republic to help launch our business. This is the internet after allXwe can be anywhere. We thought: why not some place that is both exciting and 40% cheaper than California? We will only be here for 10 months or so, but it has made this startup unforgettable!"
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I understand that Copenhagen and Amsterdam are thriving tech centers. They are also full of English speakers and beautiful women.
Copenhagen is awesome, but realty is expensive. Though Malmo, Sweden is quite close and it is cheaper.