Meet YC This Fall

Can someone please elaborate on how (and how much) value attending this event adds? Is it geared more for helping you apply to YC, answer generic startup related questions etc?

Specifically, I am selected in YC Startup school and will have to spend at least a day to travel to attend the session. Is it worth the extra time and money?

Re: Meet YC This Fall

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Post by koolba » Mon, Aug 27, 2018, 5:07 PM UTC

anonu wrote: post #2

NYC is conspicuously missing...

So is anything between the coasts other than Chi-town.

Re: Meet YC This Fall

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Post by xaranke » Mon, Aug 27, 2018, 5:21 PM UTC

anonu wrote: post #2

NYC is conspicuously missing...

So is Seattle.

YC is missing out on 2 of the 3 largest US tech hubs.

I'm not sure if that is deliberate or accidental, but it definitely left a bad taste in my mouth.

Re: Meet YC This Fall

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Post by Cenk » Mon, Aug 27, 2018, 5:36 PM UTC

ashraymalhotra wrote: post #5

Can someone please elaborate on how (and how much) value attending this event adds? Is it geared more for helping you apply to YC, answer generic startup related questions etc? Specifically, I am selected in YC Startup school and will have to spend at least a day to travel to attend the session. Is it worth the extra time and money?

I was at the Stockholm evening two (?) years ago when they visited the company I worked for then, Wheelys Café. It was certainly an interesting evening and a fun event, but I would not have travelled a day to attend.

Re: Meet YC This Fall

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Post by tptacek » Mon, Aug 27, 2018, 5:44 PM UTC

The Chicago event is a block from our office, if anyone wants to meet up, drink our whiskey, that sort of thing.

Re: Meet YC This Fall

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Post by probdist » Mon, Aug 27, 2018, 6:08 PM UTC

ashraymalhotra wrote: post #5

Can someone please elaborate on how (and how much) value attending this event adds? Is it geared more for helping you apply to YC, answer generic startup related questions etc? Specifically, I am selected in YC Startup school and will have to spend at least a day to travel to attend the session. Is it worth the extra time and money?

Went to a similar event at Harvard some years ago. Was interesting but if you are a HN regular you probably get as much out of blog posts following happenings online as at the event.

YMMV if you are a better net-worker than I am.