Start-Up Chile: $40k to Live There and Start a Company
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Start-Up Chile: $40k to Live There and Start a Company
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#2Instead of various weird ways of stimulating the economy such as "cash for clunkers" the US would be wise to imitate this initiative to create new businesses during a economic downturn.
Re: Start-Up Chile: $40k to Live There and Start a Company
#3I'm a chilean entrepreneur and I'm looking for a cofounder. I'm solving graph and scheduling problems for some transport industry. BFS, DFS, Dijkstra, timetables, etc.
We could take advantage of this initiative and get those $40k.
I just updated my profile. ($2k a month is enough to not starve).
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#4I'm a chilean entrepreneur and I'm looking for a cofounder. I'm solving graph and scheduling problems for some transport industry. BFS, DFS, Dijkstra, timetables, etc. We could take advantage of this initiative and get those $40k. I just updated my profile. ($2k a month is enough to not starve).
Enough not to starve?! I'm living in Santa Barbara, California, which is very expensive by the average American standard, and two people can get by here fairly comfortably with $2K.
What's the price of living like in Santiago? More importantly, if the real perk is money and lower cost of living... I could just move to Kansas and rent a room for $200 a month.
Re: Start-Up Chile: $40k to Live There and Start a Company
#5I'm a chilean entrepreneur and I'm looking for a cofounder. I'm solving graph and scheduling problems for some transport industry. BFS, DFS, Dijkstra, timetables, etc. We could take advantage of this initiative and get those $40k. I just updated my profile. ($2k a month is enough to not starve).
Enough not to starve?! I'm living in Santa Barbara, California, which is very expensive by the average American standard, and two people can get by here fairly comfortably with $2K. What's the price of living like in Santiago? More importantly, if the real perk is money and lower cost of living... I could just move to Kansas and rent a room for $200 a month.
The real perk are those $40k. I'm living with $350 a month (cost living + food + rent). I'm including the living costs, rent, food, servers, travels, services, etc. in those $2k.
But you can make it with $350 anyway. I agree with Ben that isolation is the biggest downside of Chile and the lack of this kind of entrepreneurship (I mean Hacker News and Y Combinator style), but if you just need to focus on your first prototype I think it's a good deal.
EDIT: But if you are in the stage of looking for investment (Angel, VC, Y Combinator) and getting some press coverage it would be like a suicide.
Re: Start-Up Chile: $40k to Live There and Start a Company
#6I'm a chilean entrepreneur and I'm looking for a cofounder. I'm solving graph and scheduling problems for some transport industry. BFS, DFS, Dijkstra, timetables, etc. We could take advantage of this initiative and get those $40k. I just updated my profile. ($2k a month is enough to not starve).
Enough not to starve?! I'm living in Santa Barbara, California, which is very expensive by the average American standard, and two people can get by here fairly comfortably with $2K. What's the price of living like in Santiago? More importantly, if the real perk is money and lower cost of living... I could just move to Kansas and rent a room for $200 a month.
It would seem like the big perk here would be the 40k.
I really like the idea of going to Chile to get that support to build a prototype etc, and if I had some friends who were similarly motivated I would definitely consider applying.
I would rather take the 40k to be in Chile than say, Kansas, because Chile would offer another set of novel learning experiences as well - which would be part of the reason for going.
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Enough not to starve?! I'm living in Santa Barbara, California, which is very expensive by the average American standard, and two people can get by here fairly comfortably with $2K. What's the price of living like in Santiago? More importantly, if the real perk is money and lower cost of living... I could just move to Kansas and rent a room for $200 a month.
The real perk are those $40k. I'm living with $350 a month (cost living + food + rent). I'm including the living costs, rent, food, servers, travels, services, etc. in those $2k. But you can make it with $350 anyway. I agree with Ben that isolation is the biggest downside of Chile and the lack of this kind of entrepreneurship (I mean Hacker News and Y Combinator style), but if you just need to focus on your first pro…
Just curious, could you tell us what the following would cost in Santiago?
- A 50 sq m apartment in a central location on the 2nd or higher floor
(including electricity/water/garbage service)
- An unlimited 1-month transportation pass
- Groceries for 5 days for one person, assuming you're making breakfast/lunch/dinner
- One beer in a bar.
- A pair of Levi's 501 jeans
- A taxi across town
- Dinner in a decent restaurant
- 1 month of high-speed internet accessRe: Start-Up Chile: $40k to Live There and Start a Company
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
The real perk are those $40k. I'm living with $350 a month (cost living + food + rent). I'm including the living costs, rent, food, servers, travels, services, etc. in those $2k. But you can make it with $350 anyway. I agree with Ben that isolation is the biggest downside of Chile and the lack of this kind of entrepreneurship (I mean Hacker News and Y Combinator style), but if you just need to focus on your first pro…
Just curious, could you tell us what the following would cost in Santiago? - A 50 sq m apartment in a central location on the 2nd or higher floor (including electricity/water/garbage service) - An unlimited 1-month transportation pass - Groceries for 5 days for one person, assuming you're making breakfast/lunch/dinner - One beer in a bar. - A pair of Levi's 501 jeans - A taxi across town - Dinner in a decent restaura…
Average costs:
- Apartment: $320 - $420
- Transportation cost: $100 - $180 (30 days)
- Grocery: $20 - $45
- Very good beer: $3,60
- Jeans: $50 - $75
- Taxi: $10
- Dinner: $20
- Internet access: $80 (Cable, Telephone, Internet)
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#9I'm a chilean entrepreneur and I'm looking for a cofounder. I'm solving graph and scheduling problems for some transport industry. BFS, DFS, Dijkstra, timetables, etc. We could take advantage of this initiative and get those $40k. I just updated my profile. ($2k a month is enough to not starve).
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just curious, could you tell us what the following would cost in Santiago? - A 50 sq m apartment in a central location on the 2nd or higher floor (including electricity/water/garbage service) - An unlimited 1-month transportation pass - Groceries for 5 days for one person, assuming you're making breakfast/lunch/dinner - One beer in a bar. - A pair of Levi's 501 jeans - A taxi across town - Dinner in a decent restaura…
Average costs: - Apartment: $320 - $420 - Transportation cost: $100 - $180 (30 days) - Grocery: $20 - $45 - Very good beer: $3,60 - Jeans: $50 - $75 - Taxi: $10 - Dinner: $20 - Internet access: $80 (Cable, Telephone, Internet)
What "very good" beers do you like in Chile?
I was there recently and found the beers rather disappointing. The wine, however, was superb!