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Y Not - YC rejects of the world, unite!

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Re: Y Not - YC rejects of the world, unite!

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Post by brl »

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.

Where are you now? We are coming from Argentina so we have immigration challenges too.

Does anybody know if it's legal for us to work on our startup in the US without having a work visa (if we aren't taking a salary) _after_ we incorporate in the US?

Re: Y Not - YC rejects of the world, unite!

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Post by mynameishere »

kailangel wrote: post #11
davidw wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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.

And don't forget the dancing and the singing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm1-VsiznAU

Re: Y Not - YC rejects of the world, unite!

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Post by Jaggu »

YC is great because you get environment and advise from people who were part of successful startups. Also their connection helps. After the rejection - it is better i do my work myself and then if needed - for connection and advise - I will apply again in YC for next round. You might be next BillGates or PaulGraham but at this time you are just like me and other developers who wants to be their own boss. So, as you don't have proven track record - I am not gonna move to SV just so that I can stay with other like minded. I am motivated enough to do same by staying at my place. I might be wrong but people should rethink about what they wanna achieve by moving...

Re: Y Not - YC rejects of the world, unite!

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Post by yrashk »

brl wrote: post #21
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.

Where are you now? We are coming from Argentina so we have immigration challenges too. Does anybody know if it's legal for us to work on our startup in the US without having a work visa (if we aren't taking a salary) _after_ we incorporate in the US?

I am currently in Ukraine.

IANAL, but I suppose it is ok to have a kind of usual visa for three month or so and commit to your own US company wherever you are (while you have no salary).

I am a co-founder of US company already.

Re: Y Not - YC rejects of the world, unite!

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Post by kmt »

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...

Re: Y Not - YC rejects of the world, unite!

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Post by falsestprophet »

mdemare wrote: post #15
corentin wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I understand that Copenhagen and Amsterdam are thriving tech centers. They are also full of English speakers and beautiful women.
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