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There's demand from decent startups for the YC advantages which outstrips their capacity, per pg's posting. I'm not nuts about the Ynotcombinator concept. I don

by ericb 19y ago

There's demand from decent startups for the YC advantages which outstrips their capacity, per pg's posting. I'm not nuts about the Ynotcombinator concept. I don't see not being in ycombinator as a defining characteristic of myself or a group I would join. Chiefly, I'd be interested in ways to get to know angels and find good mentors and a social/support group environment for startups. (Startupaholics Anonymous?). I think some of this works best at the local level. If anyone has suggestions for something like this that exists or they'd like to start, I'm open to it and in Boston.

hendler 19y ago
Yup - YCombinator is simply busy. YNotCombinator is not an anti-group - it's a pro group - simply another channel to communicate your idea, and hopefully find an angel. Some submitters don't even have blogs - so I thought... YNot. Boston already has some great stuff. MIT enterprise forum, 40 colleges and Universities - pick the talks happening at Business schools. Plenty of startupaholics there. Meetup.com can be lame for this stuff, or good. I like craigslist.
- ericb 19y ago
  Appreciate the tips--good stuff. Thanks! I'll keep an eye on what you do with the site. The angels tab is a 404 at the moment, fyi.
  - hendler 19y ago
    "The angels tab is a 404 at the moment, fyi." Exactly!!! ;)
- Prrometheus 19y ago
  >simply another channel to communicate your idea I thought that one of YCombinator's key values was picking good people and teams, not good ideas.
  - hendler 19y ago
    That's a good point actually. I'm just becoming familiar with YCombinator, and not questioning the selection process. I think this community and the selection process is working pretty well. Hoping communicating through YNotCombinator can show that I am a "good person" and help me attract a good team. Since my stuff is pretty far along, I'm at the stage where the idea, and proof of concept are fairly mature, and I need the team and attention.
- dmoney 19y ago
  > YCombinator is simply busy. YNotCombinator is not an anti-group - it's a pro group Clever name, but it also kind of makes you sound like sloppy seconds.

by ericb 19y ago

hendler 19y ago

Yup - YCombinator is simply busy. YNotCombinator is not an anti-group - it's a pro group - simply another channel to communicate your idea, and hopefully find an angel. Some submitters don't even have blogs - so I thought... YNot. Boston already has some great stuff. MIT enterprise forum, 40 colleges and Universities - pick the talks happening at Business schools. Plenty of startupaholics there. Meetup.com can be lame for this stuff, or good. I like craigslist.

ericb 19y ago
Appreciate the tips--good stuff. Thanks! I'll keep an eye on what you do with the site. The angels tab is a 404 at the moment, fyi.
- hendler 19y ago
  "The angels tab is a 404 at the moment, fyi." Exactly!!! ;)
Prrometheus 19y ago
>simply another channel to communicate your idea I thought that one of YCombinator's key values was picking good people and teams, not good ideas.
- hendler 19y ago
  That's a good point actually. I'm just becoming familiar with YCombinator, and not questioning the selection process. I think this community and the selection process is working pretty well. Hoping communicating through YNotCombinator can show that I am a "good person" and help me attract a good team. Since my stuff is pretty far along, I'm at the stage where the idea, and proof of concept are fairly mature, and I need the team and attention.
dmoney 19y ago
> YCombinator is simply busy. YNotCombinator is not an anti-group - it's a pro group Clever name, but it also kind of makes you sound like sloppy seconds.