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Re: YC Demo Day Session 1

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Post by mind_heist »

benologist wrote: post #49
mind_heist wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fair enough, I do realize this is possible ! ( especially when you are flying to developing countries ). But you hinge on your luck to not get caught ( and depending on your 'navigation skills' - you can get out of the scenario ). I m only curious to know about the "legalities" involved ; I m pretty sure this would have been addressed in the pitch. I was only looking for an answer that said : Here are the countries a…

By the way this is what a legal version looks like: http://aerocasilla.com/ I buy something on amazon, they send it to AeroCasilla's warehouse in Miami, AeroCasilla bring it to Costa Rica and their customs and text me when I can pick it up.

I suppose you pay additional shipping to AeroCasilla ( for shipping from Miami to Costa Rica ) & also pay additional customs at the port of Entry ?

Re: YC Demo Day Session 1

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Post by benologist »

mind_heist wrote: post #51
benologist wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

By the way this is what a legal version looks like: http://aerocasilla.com/ I buy something on amazon, they send it to AeroCasilla's warehouse in Miami, AeroCasilla bring it to Costa Rica and their customs and text me when I can pick it up.

I suppose you pay additional shipping to AeroCasilla ( for shipping from Miami to Costa Rica ) & also pay additional customs at the port of Entry ?

Yes that's it exactly. They bill for shipping + their service, and pass on the fees customs charge for the items.

Re: YC Demo Day Session 1

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Post by pinkyand »

kyro wrote: post #31

YC is getting involved in some serious tech and markets. Long gone are the days of web apps. Deep insight, experience, and skill in today's heavyweight industries are what matter now. Really happy to see this change and very impressed with the first portion of this batch.

What does YC bring to tech heavy startups except connections to funding ? because most of the risk there is technology risk , not market risk, and YC is no tech expert at those subjects.

Re: YC Demo Day Session 1

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Post by [deleted] »

6thSigma wrote: post #43
pptr1 wrote: post #3

I can't figure out the reason why some of these companies got selected into YC. I can see why Bikanta, Helion Energy, Ginkgo Bioworks, BitAccess, and ProductHunt might get in. However, some other companies look like run of the mill startup. I use non-YC companies on https://news.ycombinator.com/show , ProductHunt, and AngelList for comparison. In comparison the quality signal of recent YC companies (the ones not ment…

It's important to keep in mind YC was judging these companies based on their long term goals, whereas we can only judge them based on their version 1.0.

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Re: YC Demo Day Session 1

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Post by aganders3 »

Jemaclus wrote: post #54
aganders3 wrote: post #52

TicketLabs will have an uphill battle against TicketMaster, but man do I hope they succeed.

How do they combat the scalper problem? I don't see anything on the website... Any ideas?

Not sure. Maybe tickets live only on your phone and are non-transferable?

Re: YC Demo Day Session 1

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Post by pinkyand »

napoleoncomplex wrote: post #11
TheMakeA wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Honest question: Is $120k really that big of a risk when you're already giving away money for free to non-profits?

It isn't, but the abundance of funding cash everywhere hasn't really translated into more insane (technically) ideas being funded lately, YC or elsewhere. At least that's been my impression, and it feels like YC is changing that with their recent batches.

I don't know. Could it be that rich angels are already investing small amounts of money into crazy tech startups ,but nobody hears about that ?

Re: YC Demo Day Session 1

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Post by e15ctr0n »

Cookingboy wrote: post #50
alexchamberlain wrote: post #6

>> Backpack is a company that arbitrages the cost of goods in different countries by using international travelers as a distribution network I don't understand this one - with a world focused on security and import taxes, how does this work out?

I love how you can start a smuggling organization (from the description, it's just that, this is not even legal gray area bullshit, it's legally black) and call it a "disruptive startup" these days in Silicon Valley AND get funded by YC, I mean, what the actual fuck? No kidding it's a $16 billion market in China alone, that's why people risk on getting EXECUTED to be in the smuggling business. Edit: this is from thei…

Breaking the law seems very much the modus operandi of Silicon Valley startups these days. Just look at AirBnb, Uber, Lyft, Aereo, 23andMe et al.
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