Y Not - YC rejects of the world, unite!

Post by kailangel » Fri, Oct 19, 2007, 12:24 PM UTC

davidw wrote: post #6

corentin wrote: post #4

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The silicon valley probably ain't a bad place to be but: - there is this thing called the Interweb that helps communicate efficiently from all over the world (I find amusing the idea that you have to be in a certain place in one country to work on Internet stuff; doesn't sound like "eating your own dogfood" if you ask me); - instead of all european entrepreneurs moving to the US, why not organize in Europe? Most peop…

> have to be PG never said "have to", he said you'll have better luck, everything else being equal. > complicated immigration issues. This is very true. It was even before 9/11 - search for Torvalds in this page: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9800E0DC1039F... > organize in Europe? That's where the problems start - where in Europe? England and Ireland are probably the most company friendly countries.

Post by davidw » Fri, Oct 19, 2007, 12:31 PM UTC

mdemare wrote: post #12

naivehs wrote: post #8

Well if you weren't interested why did you even apply at all?

You misread my post, it isn't a rhetorical question, but an call for action. I've clarified it now.

Post by mdemare » Fri, Oct 19, 2007, 12:33 PM UTC

corentin wrote: post #4

yrashk wrote: post #2

I am interested, though I need someone to invite me to US to let me apply for visa. P.S. That is basically what I was talking about yesterday ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=70071 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=70107 ) P.P.S. I am interested to move, to communicate frequently and to share apartments to reduce costs.

The silicon valley probably ain't a bad place to be but: - there is this thing called the Interweb that helps communicate efficiently from all over the world (I find amusing the idea that you have to be in a certain place in one country to work on Internet stuff; doesn't sound like "eating your own dogfood" if you ask me); - instead of all european entrepreneurs moving to the US, why not organize in Europe? Most peop…

Post by davidw » Fri, Oct 19, 2007, 12:59 PM UTC

kailangel wrote: post #11

davidw wrote: post #6

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> have to be PG never said "have to", he said you'll have better luck, everything else being equal. > complicated immigration issues. This is very true. It was even before 9/11 - search for Torvalds in this page: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9800E0DC1039F... > organize in Europe? That's where the problems start - where in Europe? England and Ireland are probably the most company friendly countries.

Do it in Finland. Tons of highly skilled workforce, lots of other startups, etc. I don't think the bureaucracy bit is too much of a challenge, especially when compared to US immigrations.

Post by jgrahamc » Fri, Oct 19, 2007, 1:02 PM UTC

mdemare wrote: post #15

corentin wrote: post #4

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The silicon valley probably ain't a bad place to be but: - there is this thing called the Interweb that helps communicate efficiently from all over the world (I find amusing the idea that you have to be in a certain place in one country to work on Internet stuff; doesn't sound like "eating your own dogfood" if you ask me); - instead of all european entrepreneurs moving to the US, why not organize in Europe? Most peop…

On the internet, nobody can see you fail. Peer pressure, weekly dinners, demo day - you can't really replicate that on the web. As for organising in Europe, where? London is very expensive, and nothing else springs to mind.