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Hi Sam I've used this site forever it's cool. But I'm not like these other guys who want a job or to make a startup I just like tech news so my question is what is the best kind of coffee, as in what's your favorite kind. My top pick is called "Black Cadillac" it's from a local shop and also reminds me of the modest mouse song of the same name.
Hi Sam, I read a post of you guys saying that a lot of founders think they're too early to apply to YC. That's my case. We're just in our first thousands of dollars in revenue, and honestly when I think of YC - no matter how much confident we are with our business - I believe we don't really stand a change against other applicants. Any specific advice/thoughts on this?
Every batch, we fund some people with just an idea. And lots and lots of people with just a prototype. The bar is higher but it's clearly possible.
Is there any intention of adding a new type of incubator that isnt so location specific? For instance, I would love to be in YC- But just like many older (30+) folks, I have a family and simply cannot move to SF. The 'move to SF' restriction is the one thing I hate about YC- Its also why I think some competing incubators are picking up steam, who focus on global teams. This may be disagreed upon- But I truly feel the…
That said, we are trying remote teams in the YC Fellowship, and we'll evaluate how they worked at the end of this first batch.
How do you see an application from someone with clear track records in a field, but applying with an idea in a quite different field?
Do you have anything against Spaniards? I have seen lot of Spaniards applying to YC and they got rejected/ignored with awesome projects. Do you even read all applications? Posted applications with all urls tracked and we saw 0 clicks... How can you judge our product without testing it? Did you even watched our pitch? But in the other hand, I saw a lot of stupid companies backed by YC (Uber for X, Airbnb for X, Tinder…
a) Definitely not. b) It's possible if something was deeply wrong in an application we wouldn't even watch the video, but the counts never seem to work. Sometimes if an application is clearly a no after watching the video and reading the text, we don't look at the product, but it's rare. c) Barcelona is my favorite city!
You are welcomed in Spain :)
Do you have anything against Spaniards? I have seen lot of Spaniards applying to YC and they got rejected/ignored with awesome projects. Do you even read all applications? Posted applications with all urls tracked and we saw 0 clicks... How can you judge our product without testing it? Did you even watched our pitch? But in the other hand, I saw a lot of stupid companies backed by YC (Uber for X, Airbnb for X, Tinder…
Also, many research projects (like bioinformatics) require enormous amounts of difficult to obtain data (e.g. Hospital records, blood samples, etc...). Do you have a plan to help those kinds of labs build collaborations, or do you expect to bring in researchers who will be able to "figure it out"?
Finally, are you looking specifially for trained PhD researchers, or is this open to anybody?