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What's a Y Combinator alternative to people who cannot afford to move to the YC area?
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Re: What's a Y Combinator alternative to people who cannot afford to move to the YC area?
#2If you got accepted into the program, why would you not be able to afford it? YC pays your moving expenses up front.
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#3'afford' is not necessarily a monetary term. Perhaps an ailing grandmother or other responsibilities in the community make it too costly to move.
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#4Doesn't the answer to this depend on where you can afford to move?
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#5CRV Quickstart is great if you're a bit further along than the idea stage.
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#6New York Angels (http://newyorkangels.com/) has a similar application (unlike YC, there's no deadline, and they'll accept an applicant at any time, but they charge a fee).
I haven't gone through the process myself, but I saw their pitch at a NYC tech panel a few months ago.
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#7If you got accepted into the program, why would you not be able to afford it? YC pays your moving expenses up front.
Is that true? I didn't pick up on that fact. I just assumed that is was 5K + 5Kn.
Re: What's a Y Combinator alternative to people who cannot afford to move to the YC area?
#8If you got accepted into the program, why would you not be able to afford it? YC pays your moving expenses up front.
Is that true? I didn't pick up on that fact. I just assumed that is was 5K + 5Kn.
Check out #5 and #8 on this page: http://ycombinator.com/s2007.html
I think they will cover whatever you want initially (eg, moving expenses, renting a place), but my interpretation is that that comes out of the 5+5n.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is that true? I didn't pick up on that fact. I just assumed that is was 5K + 5Kn.
Check out #5 and #8 on this page: http://ycombinator.com/s2007.html I think they will cover whatever you want initially (eg, moving expenses, renting a place), but my interpretation is that that comes out of the 5+5n.
Right - that's what I had assumed. From what was said in the thread above, it sounded like moving costs were above and beyond, which I didn't think they were.
Re: What's a Y Combinator alternative to people who cannot afford to move to the YC area?
#10The alternative is to convince YC that proximity isn't the most important thing. (It is an important thing, I understand, but it's not the most important thing.)
It'll take a very compelling story.