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1. Almost all the capital is in SF/NY. Move accordingly. Good luck with the Visa- it’s going to be a PITA 2. Have founders who raised capital as friends. Good
by eaenki 7y ago
1. Almost all the capital is in SF/NY. Move accordingly. Good luck with the Visa- it’s going to be a PITA
2. Have founders who raised capital as friends. Good luck with that too!
3. Now if you have a decent looking product and a plausible story you’ll raise seed
Or, you know, getting into YC kinda takes care of all 3 points.
Also, getting insane traction on your own, like WhatsApp did, takes care of all 3 points.
- withinboredom 7y ago> Good luck with the Visa- it’s going to be a PITA From the Netherlands, it's pretty easy -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DAFT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DAFT (how I currently live in the Netherlands)
- Answerawake 7y ago"Also, getting insane traction on your own, like WhatsApp did, takes care of all 3 points." ...do you think there is space and/or interest for a WhatsApp clone?
- francescopnpn 7y agoI don't?