Can international candidates apply? if the answer is yes (and if we are selected) will YCombinator help us with obtaining J1 (or any other applicable)? or at least provide a document as an employer?
thanks
Applications Open For Summer 2011 YC Funding Cycle
31–40 of 63 posts
Re: Applications Open For Summer 2011 YC Funding Cycle
#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
For PagerDuty, what changed between their first and fourth try?
I believe the team was the same for every application - a smart group of guys.
PagerDuty co-founder here...
The group actually changed a bit from one application to the next. The ideas were completely different for the first and second applications. Applications three and lucky number four were for PagerDuty.
Re: Applications Open For Summer 2011 YC Funding Cycle
#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you get accepted, do whatever you possibly can to get everyone out there.
I totally agree but one of the co-founders is finishing his course & will be busy with finals until July.
That's really tricky. I've been in exactly that situation; several years ago we started our first startup whilst cofounder was still doing his finals. So having experienced that plus currently experiencing YC, I think your hesitation is justified, lol. :D
Re: Applications Open For Summer 2011 YC Funding Cycle
#34this is just the motivational kick i needed to get back to finishing my prototype, thanks pg!
Re: Applications Open For Summer 2011 YC Funding Cycle
#35PG, if we make a product worth more than 1B, we can be included in the current winter session as an exception?
If you make a product worth > $1B you'll be an exception for just about everything.
Hopefully, PG feels the same way. If I had his email, I could tell him all about and we would decide how best to proceed in this exceptional case.
Re: Applications Open For Summer 2011 YC Funding Cycle
#36Can international candidates apply? if the answer is yes (and if we are selected) will YCombinator help us with obtaining J1 (or any other applicable)? or at least provide a document as an employer? thanks
There's an answer to this question somewhere in YC's FAQ, and the answer is yes and no. They do accept international candidates, but you'll have to figure out all the visa issues by yourself. They are not employers and won't provide any documents. But since what they require is that you stay in SV for the 3 months cycle, this shouldn't be a problem with a regular tourist visa. (Things can get complicated afterwards, though, if you want to stay longer)
Re: Applications Open For Summer 2011 YC Funding Cycle
#37Random question: what would you guys like to hear/know about applying (or YC in general) that's not already out there? I've been considering writing a blog post about GazeHawk's YC experience, but there are so many good ones already, and I don't want to just add redundancy. Anything unanswered from a startup perspective you'd like to know?
This is not so much for me, but if you have anything you didn't like about it, I think a lot of people would really like to hear about it. The most negative blog post I've seen on HN was something to the effect of "it wasn't the right fit for me", and it's really hard to judge something critically without getting both positive and negative opinions. From what I've seen of you guys it looks like it was a very positive experience for you though, so I'm not sure this is really applicable.
For myself, I'd say write it if you can think of any related tidbits/stories to tell. Those are always interesting.
Re: Applications Open For Summer 2011 YC Funding Cycle
#38Random question: what would you guys like to hear/know about applying (or YC in general) that's not already out there? I've been considering writing a blog post about GazeHawk's YC experience, but there are so many good ones already, and I don't want to just add redundancy. Anything unanswered from a startup perspective you'd like to know?
How'd you get users?
Re: Applications Open For Summer 2011 YC Funding Cycle
#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you make a product worth > $1B you'll be an exception for just about everything.
Hopefully, PG feels the same way. If I had his email, I could tell him all about and we would decide how best to proceed in this exceptional case.
If you were capable of building a $1B product, you'd also be capable of finding (and/or guessing) his email.
Re: Applications Open For Summer 2011 YC Funding Cycle
#40Can international candidates apply? if the answer is yes (and if we are selected) will YCombinator help us with obtaining J1 (or any other applicable)? or at least provide a document as an employer? thanks
There's an answer to this question somewhere in YC's FAQ, and the answer is yes and no. They do accept international candidates, but you'll have to figure out all the visa issues by yourself. They are not employers and won't provide any documents. But since what they require is that you stay in SV for the 3 months cycle, this shouldn't be a problem with a regular tourist visa. (Things can get complicated afterwards,…
This page from BackType (YC S08) guys pretty much cover visas: http://christophergolda.com/immigration-for-startups