For people with immigration issues, does YC have any plans on expanding to Asia or Europe in the coming few years?
No, but we help with immigration issues.
I Am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator. AMA
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#292What is your religious affiliation?
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#293This answer by Adam D'Angelo on Quora blows my mind: "What was hot in Silicon Valley in March 2013?" http://www.quora.com/What-was-hot-in-Silicon-Valley-in-March... Every one of those blew up. So I ask you the same question: What is hot in Silicon Valley in March, 2015?
Adam is super smart. In fact, I asked him for an updated list at dinner a couple of weeks ago and I predict he will be right again. I'm not going to share my list because I've found that people put too much stock in it. I don't mind talking about things like nuclear energy or biotech, because people are either going to start those companies or not. But I don't want to cause founders to start or stop working on specif…
So, your bet is on nuclear energy and biotech? ;)
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#294I am a 28 year old technology project manager. How can i help YCombinator?
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#295saam, gib me moneys.
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#296What is your advice for people who don't have co-founder material friends (mostly non-technical/non-sales people, or conservative) and are out of college? I've experience starting companies with acquaintances, something that, predictably, didn't go so well. Is there any alternative - that you have seen in YC - to getting new friends, getting to know them really well, and starting a company in a few years time?
I have a good answer for this! Go work at a breakout medium sized tech company (i.e. a couple of hundred to a couple of thousand people). You'll meet lots of potential cofounders. The people that are attracted to these companies are usually 1) really good and 2) interested in starting a company down the line.
Excellent idea.
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#297What are your thoughts on advertising as _the_ way to make great services available for free (Google, reddit, Facebook, Stack Overflow)? What problems do you see with this model? When should this be preferred? Does it only work for massive sites?
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#298Question: As a potential entrepreneur, the thing that scares me the most is the lack of real world data. By data I mean: page views, sales reports, analytics, market shits, etc. It the kind of thing that you can't find on the internet, and if you find usually the data is incomplete and doesn't tell the whole story. Does YC provides real world data in order to help startups to understand how the market works actually?
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#299Hi Sam,
I am a 28 year old project manager. How can I help YCombinator?
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#300Hello Mr. Altman,
Thank you for taking the time to do this, I was hoping you'd be willing to give me some advice?
I really want to be successful one day.. But I just have no discipline and I rarely work toward my goals. I know what I want to achieve.. I just always pick short term rewards over long term ones.