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The Y Combinator Experience – Remote Edition

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Re: The Y Combinator Experience – Remote Edition

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Post by darkcha0s »

reader_mode wrote: post #22
ramraj07 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any suggestions? Spain has been a potential target for temporary relocation for me!

I got the impression that English level is really poor in Spain (when I was visiting Valencia, didn't go to Barcelona). Even with younger population - I was going out in the evening with some friends, we approached like 4 groups of 20-something and none of them could even give us basic directions. In shops and tourist places it's better but barely.

Maybe, just maybe, it's on you to learn the local language (even just basics) if you feel like relocating there?

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Post by koolba »

iagovar wrote: post #11
artembugara wrote: post #8

Remote batch brought 1 more real benefit of YC: $125k. Before COVID when you have to relocate to Bay Area this is just a living fee for a low quality house + personal spendings. Now, 125k is almost a lot for pretty much any place on the planet. Therefore, many remote entrepreneurs can be more relaxed on raising capital. I'd say you even can decide to "bootstrap" with this money + GCP/AWS credits.

I can live off a bunch of years in Spain for that money.

You could easily do that in the USA as well. Median income is $35K and that’s before taxes and without a corporate shell to transform some of the larger living expenses into corporate pre-tax deductions.

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Post by unamashana »

_0o6v wrote: post #32

Surely the one thing that should be on the Magic Bell homepage is a Magic Bell I can click on and see what this product is?

That's a fair point. We need to setup some examples with mock API calls so we can offer a consistent state to all new visitors. In the meantime, here is a quick demo - https://codesandbox.io/s/elastic-northcutt-9pcgv

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Post by _xnmw »

The hardest thing about implementing notifications for me is not the UI, it’s the rate limiting (avoid bombarding users with duplicates), intelligently handling state changes, and figuring out when to escalate to an email/sms channel. The homepage doesn’t convince they’ve solved the hard problems surrounding notifications.

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Post by _0o6v »

unamashana wrote: post #34
_0o6v wrote: post #32

Surely the one thing that should be on the Magic Bell homepage is a Magic Bell I can click on and see what this product is?

That's a fair point. We need to setup some examples with mock API calls so we can offer a consistent state to all new visitors. In the meantime, here is a quick demo - https://codesandbox.io/s/elastic-northcutt-9pcgv

I don't think you (just) need to set up some examples, you need to use your own product on your own homepage.

Looks good btw.

Re: The Y Combinator Experience – Remote Edition

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Post by unamashana »

_xnmw wrote: post #35

The hardest thing about implementing notifications for me is not the UI, it’s the rate limiting (avoid bombarding users with duplicates), intelligently handling state changes, and figuring out when to escalate to an email/sms channel. The homepage doesn’t convince they’ve solved the hard problems surrounding notifications.

We handle state changes (and sync them real-time). We'll get to rate limiting and other features you mentioned in the coming months. We have a pretty extensive roadmap and would love to keep you posted - @magicbell_io.

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Post by ggambetta »

reader_mode wrote: post #22
ramraj07 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any suggestions? Spain has been a potential target for temporary relocation for me!

I got the impression that English level is really poor in Spain (when I was visiting Valencia, didn't go to Barcelona). Even with younger population - I was going out in the evening with some friends, we approached like 4 groups of 20-something and none of them could even give us basic directions. In shops and tourist places it's better but barely.

Can confirm, the average level of English in Spain is pretty bad. Even in Madrid, where I lived for a year. It's almost like they're proud of it - AFAIK they're very protective of their language, dubbing every movie (at least until recently), which in turn limits their exposure to English.

On the other hand, living in Spain and speaking fluent English can be almost like a superpower in some circumstances.

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