How YC will be funding the S20 batch • Hacker News Board

Re: How YC will be funding the S20 batch

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Post by ipsum2 » Wed, Apr 01, 2020, 4:04 AM UTC

genericone wrote: post #40

aresant wrote: post #3

Get a great web camera or at LEAST some great lighting for your interviews! A poorly lit fuzzy image is a great way to start off at a disadvantage. Study after study shows that people that identify themselves as broadly accepting and non-bias hold deep unconscious bias tied to personal appearance, etc. (1) (2) Logitech has a number of web cameras with strong light sensors and software you can use to generate a profes…

Great advice, just a few weeks too late for me. Looking at the available mid to high end usb webcams in stock now shows everything out of stock and backordered. Looks like I'll have to make do with a built-in laptop camera and a headset microphone if/when I get that YC interview. Thesr work at home directives really depleted all existing stock of good webcams... Over 50% markup for nice webcams on eBay, yeesh.

If you're willing to, you can get a DSLR or mirrorless camera and use UVC as a webcam.

Re: How YC will be funding the S20 batch

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Post by sunw » Wed, Apr 01, 2020, 6:54 AM UTC

waxman wrote: post #2

I worked on a video chat startup in 2006 and a concept that still stands out is "floor exchange," which is when one person stops talking and another person starts talking during a conversation. Floor Exchange usually happens seamlessly in most in-person conversations, but it can be a challenge over video chat, even in 2020. In any video chat it's helpful to keep your points short and pause for longer than you normall…

Is there a floor exchange issue during strictly 1-on-1 video calls with only 2 participants?

Re: How YC will be funding the S20 batch

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Apr 01, 2020, 8:38 AM UTC

juped wrote: post #10

If YC goes fully remote this batch, I will apply. Moving to California for several months is well outside my price range and would waste way too much of the YC investment. I also have a relatively pricey NYC apartment lease that I can't just break, so I would basically be on the hook for two astronomical rents for at least the duration.

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Re: How YC will be funding the S20 batch

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Post by tree3 » Wed, Apr 01, 2020, 10:38 AM UTC

aresant wrote: post #3

Get a great web camera or at LEAST some great lighting for your interviews! A poorly lit fuzzy image is a great way to start off at a disadvantage. Study after study shows that people that identify themselves as broadly accepting and non-bias hold deep unconscious bias tied to personal appearance, etc. (1) (2) Logitech has a number of web cameras with strong light sensors and software you can use to generate a profes…

Unfortunately, online ordering is backed up on most sites. My amazon orders are delayed until at least April 19th.

Re: How YC will be funding the S20 batch

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Post by dustingetz » Wed, Apr 01, 2020, 7:59 PM UTC

juped wrote: post #37

dustingetz wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

you’re not supposed to make the money last, you’re supposed to raise a seed round in 3 months or die

We're told (correctly) by all YC's public communication that raising is a distraction and founders should focus on real work as much as possible. If what you say is the case, YC is either broken or lying, and they're not lying since it's 100% true that raising is a distraction.

Demo Day is like week 12, so you're "supposed" to run your process in weeks 12-14

Re: How YC will be funding the S20 batch

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Post by rococode » Thu, Apr 02, 2020, 1:11 AM UTC

Quite late to this thread so idk if anyone will see this haha, but with regards to

> The worst calls I ever have been on are ones with tons of background noise, video and audio lag

The current situation also means internet is unfortunately borderline unusable in some areas, and sadly nothing can be done about it. I've been suffering through constant 10-50% packet loss on my connection due to capacity issues for a couple weeks since "stay at home" started, and my ISP is still unable to give an estimate of when it might be fixed (it's confirmed to be an ISP issue and not at my home, packet loss starts at the tap on the street).

I have an important Zoom call tomorrow, but at this point I'm going in expecting that the call won't work at all and I'll probably have to dial in with my cell phone. Had another, fortunately less important, call today where I disconnected 12 times in 15 minutes...