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Welcome Alexis

• nck4222 16y ago
  "Anyone on the East Coast thinking of applying to YC should feel free to ask him any questions they have about YC or the application process." How? Is there an email address? Hopefully the answer isn't obvious and I've missed it.
  • pg 16y ago
    Oops, yes, just added that to the post. alexis@ycombinator.com
    • nck4222 16y ago
      Sweet, thanks.
• edanm 16y ago
  More discussion on the other thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1653134 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1653134
• justin 16y ago
  Alexis is one of the most positive and helpful people in the startup community I know. He drew the original logo for Justin.tv, helped us on numerous occasions, and has even tried to launch my voice acting career (a long time dream of mine). Why is he so helpful? Because at heart, Alexis is a great guy who is genuinely interested in helping others. This is a huge win for YC!
  • kn0thing 16y ago
    Thanks, Jkan. I've always felt your open-source reddit announcement is one day going to launch that voiceacting career. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo4O4T-7BiE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo4O4T-7BiE
• subbu 16y ago
  Welcome! You will make this place better.
  • kn0thing 16y ago
    Thanks! I'm aiming to just make it suck a little less ;)
    • deleted 16y ago
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    • Andrew_Quentin 16y ago
      Aiming for better would be better ;)
• edanm 16y ago
  Is YC planning on hiring similar "evangelists" for other places in the world? I'm wondering about Israel, specifically.
  • pg 16y ago
    I hadn't thought about it. The main reason we did this now was that we wanted to hire Alexis, and he wanted to live in NYC.
    • acangiano 16y ago
      I think this is a major opportunity for YCombinator.
    • clistctrl 16y ago
      I know there's several of us here in Boston that are excited about this!
      • jasonlbaptiste 16y ago
        Agreed. Alexis should come speak at Hackers and Founders Boston in October re: applying to YC :).
        • dzlobin 16y ago
          Yes! Maybe the startup bootcamp organizers can snatch him as a speaker as well, or at least at the H&F meetup that evening. I'm officially offering a ride in exchange for some roadtrip company/advice giving
          • clistctrl 16y ago
            He actually spoke there last year, you can watch it online here: http://alexisohanian.com/my-recent-talk-mit-startup-bootcamp http://alexisohanian.com/my-recent-talk-mit-startup-bootcamp
• imajes 16y ago
  Congrats kn0thing!
• charlief 16y ago
  Will Alexis' ambassadorship include Canadian hubs like Toronto, Montreal, Waterloo, etc at some point?
  • pg 16y ago
    Come to think of it, that would be a good idea. So probably yes.
    • charlief 16y ago
      That is excellent to hear. Startup culture is flourishing here and hopefully holds a lot of promise.
  • kn0thing 16y ago
    Steve & I are still recovering from the Toronto reddit meetup (drankkit). Those Waterloo students... wow...
• tezza 16y ago
  "Ambassador to the East" sounded a little like East as in Beijing :: at first, and perhaps only to English ears.
  • pg 16y ago
    It is deliberately medievally grandiose. It goes with his name.
    • kn0thing 16y ago
      Though, I do love travelling...
• jl 16y ago
  Alexis as our Ambassador to the East and Steve (with Hipmunk) in the summer batch-- needless to say I am bursting with joy.
• apphacker 16y ago
  Maybe have him port Hacker News to use a reddit build. ;\
• joedynamite 16y ago
  Lots of good news for us NY folks today.
• wealthyox 16y ago
  Welcome.
• dchs 16y ago
  Yay!
• nandemo 16y ago
  Ah, so HN is becoming like Reddit after all. ;-)