I've never been to Chile, and I don't think my company is technically a startup anymore (otherwise I'd apply), but I highly encourage anyone who's even remotely

I've never been to Chile, and I don't think my company is technically a startup anymore (otherwise I'd apply), but I highly encourage anyone who's even remotely considering this to apply. The cash isn't the important part, in my mind; it's the experience of living in a very different culture and part of the world for a year, with more or less a full safety net. The amount of entrepreneurial good that could be done for the world if Americans--with their can-do spirit and work ethic--were more aware of the people outside their borders would be staggering. And I'm not saying that in a derogatory way, just that with a country as big as the States, it's often hard for Silicon Valley to give some thought to the business-solvable problems people have in New York, let alone Tierra del Fuego.