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Hey folks - Kat and I so excited to announce this new program - happy to answer any questions
by mwseibel 11y ago
Hey folks - Kat and I so excited to announce this new program - happy to answer any questions
- gok2 11y agothe program is 2 months later, is anyone available for some coffee today :)
- probdist 11y agoHow'd you decide what groups you wanted to focus on? Vets, Women, URM, International. Any other demographic categories you think are important to especially reach out to?
- leereeves 11y agoAt least a few should be, like Native Americans, Muslims, and disabled. Perhaps LGBT, if they're underrepresented in SV.
- kartikkumar 11y agoAwesome! Since the first round is for all founders and subsequent rounds are targeted at specific groups, are people encouraged/allowed to apply for multiple? Or should we pick?
- mwseibel 11y agoFeel free to apply as many times as you'd like
- smeyer 11y agoHow much time do you anticipate going into sorting through applications versus the actual sessions?
- mwseibel 11y agoWe have a lot of experience reading applications so it doesn't take us too long
- hbhakhra 11y agoThanks for offering this service. What determines which founders you meet with? Since you had 650 founders apply the first time around and met with 50 teams there must be some filter and I assume its not random.
- mwseibel 11y agoWe are looking for folks who are actively working on their startups. Having a technical co-founder is helpful, working full time is helpful, and trying to solve a large problem is helpful.
- khamoud 11y agoHi! Thank you for posting and doing this! I was wondering if I could still apply even though what I'm working at the moment is still just a side project that I work on on nights and weekends. It's generating revenue and I'm hoping to pursue it full time in January/February. The problem is that I only qualify for the general office hours. Would you suggest that I apply or wait until June for the next general office hours?
- mwseibel 11y agoApply :)
- natmaster 11y agoThanks for having a general session. It's really hard for me coming from a poor white family with no history of entrepreneurship to enter this space.
- icpmacdo 11y agoThanks for this awesome opportunity, you should set up a system with the other companies blessing to release to remote office hours online. I am going to apply!
- danieljoonlee 11y agoThank you for this opportunity. I've noticed ycombinator has been trying a lot of new things, and trying their best to reach out to as many people as possible. You guys are great!
- mwseibel 11y agothanks!
- mtviewdave 11y agoThanks for doing this! Any plans for an open office hours session focused on LGBT founders?
- kevindeasis 11y agoAny chance of opening: How about Other Person of Colour who are of First Generation Immigrants Status of a Country, which isn't the US in the future? That would really be electrifying ;P
- kevindeasis 11y agoI don't understand why this is getting down voted? Someone explain?
- sharemywin 11y agoPlease try to have a Midwest office hours. We all have the same problems/opportunities: 1. mediocre startup scenes/investment options. 2. lots of technical talent. plenty of enterprise companies with experienced IT. So, what if we use C#/java. 3. Better test market. SV is great for early adopters but if you want a really big company it needs to work here too.
- wj 11y agoIt sounds like you can do the office hours remotely via Skype so the Midwest shouldn't miss out.
- sharemywin 11y agoI was thinking of an office hours that are specific to the Midwest or maybe not SV, NY, Boston etc.