Grub with YC alumni

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Post by daishin » Fri, Oct 28, 2011, 7:15 PM UTC

Re: Grub with YC alumni

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Post by abbasmehdi » Fri, Oct 28, 2011, 7:31 PM UTC

Pardon my ignorance, but will there be a ‘alumni to attendee’ ratio maintained? Is there any guarantee if alumni will show up? If yes who and how many?

Re: Grub with YC alumni

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Post by b1ind » Fri, Oct 28, 2011, 7:33 PM UTC

Hmmm daily deals with a twist? I like it.

Re: Grub with YC alumni

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Post by jaredsohn » Fri, Oct 28, 2011, 7:44 PM UTC

abbasmehdi wrote: post #2

Pardon my ignorance, but will there be a ‘alumni to attendee’ ratio maintained? Is there any guarantee if alumni will show up? If yes who and how many?

Many attendees list the company they are associated with in their profile, so you can get an idea from that. You can more or less crossreference the company names with yclist.com to spot the yc companies.

Re: Grub with YC alumni

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Post by mlinsey » Fri, Oct 28, 2011, 8:21 PM UTC

abbasmehdi wrote: post #2

Pardon my ignorance, but will there be a ‘alumni to attendee’ ratio maintained? Is there any guarantee if alumni will show up? If yes who and how many?

This page was sent out to a bunch of YC founders before posting it here. Just scanning the list I see at least two YC alumni (and usually three or more) at every meal except for La Fiesta, where it's apparently just me so far!

Re: Grub with YC alumni

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Oct 28, 2011, 8:27 PM UTC

jaredsohn wrote: post #4

abbasmehdi wrote: post #2

Pardon my ignorance, but will there be a ‘alumni to attendee’ ratio maintained? Is there any guarantee if alumni will show up? If yes who and how many?

Many attendees list the company they are associated with in their profile, so you can get an idea from that. You can more or less crossreference the company names with yclist.com to spot the yc companies.

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Re: Grub with YC alumni

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Post by adi92 » Fri, Oct 28, 2011, 8:28 PM UTC

I have been to 9 grubwithus dinners so far and loved every one of them.. this is a really awesome concept!! Eventually they should come up with 'Grubwithus Now' where people can join impromptu organized meals with a bunch of random strangers whenever they want to, instead of having to plan the thing in advance.

Re: Grub with YC alumni

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Post by abbasmehdi » Fri, Oct 28, 2011, 8:32 PM UTC

mlinsey wrote: post #5

abbasmehdi wrote: post #2

Pardon my ignorance, but will there be a ‘alumni to attendee’ ratio maintained? Is there any guarantee if alumni will show up? If yes who and how many?

This page was sent out to a bunch of YC founders before posting it here. Just scanning the list I see at least two YC alumni (and usually three or more) at every meal except for La Fiesta, where it's apparently just me so far!

LA seems to have none. I did a manual google search for each attendee (after going through individual profiles) and no one seems to be a YC alum. (I could be wrong, just looked quickly through 10 people)

They should just have a separate list for YC alum attending, kind of like you have for speakers at an event.

Re: Grub with YC alumni

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Post by abbasmehdi » Fri, Oct 28, 2011, 8:44 PM UTC

jaredsohn wrote: post #4

abbasmehdi wrote: post #2

Pardon my ignorance, but will there be a ‘alumni to attendee’ ratio maintained? Is there any guarantee if alumni will show up? If yes who and how many?

Many attendees list the company they are associated with in their profile, so you can get an idea from that. You can more or less crossreference the company names with yclist.com to spot the yc companies.

Yea I did that. No avail.

A suggestion for them to improve their product - make a separate column for the main attraction (YC alum).

Re: Grub with YC alumni

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Post by chuinard » Fri, Oct 28, 2011, 8:53 PM UTC

Didn't I read a story once about how GWU got in trouble for something like this?