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I would love to know how you supported 2 kids on a YC budget? Thats the biggest reason I don't apply. I have one kid on the way and must without a doubt provi

• ivankirigin 16y ago
  At Tipjoy, we raised a "friends & family" round at the same time as YC. My mom lived with us during YC to help out with our 8 month old. Little known fact, actually.
• jnovek 16y ago
  My co-founder had two kids -- he moved his family into a cheap rental in Nebraska while we did YC out here. He ate into his savings. We put stuff on credit cards. We had to be hyperfocused on early revenue. It was stressful as hell for him (and no picnic for me, either), but it worked out in the end. The thing is, we were so driven to build a company that we had to find a way to make it work. At that point I couldn't imagine working for someone else (and neither could he) so we were willing to make big bets. (Incidentally, with the StartFund money, things should be much easier for YC Founders who have families.)
• rgrieselhuber 16y ago
  It sounds like our situation was similar to Seeing Interactive. We had some personal savings, we lived in a cramped apt. in Mountain View, had a little revenue early on. I've been selling Ginzametrics months before it was even ready, just to make sure people were going to even pay for it, which turned out to be a good thing.