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Moving back to SF and doing Y Combinator again
- immad 15y agoCongrats Kul
- kul 15y agothanks Immad!
- bkudria 15y agoWelcome back.
- timr 15y agoI gotta say: the Woody Allen thing is more annoying than cool. One of the advantages of living elsewhere is that when you've got Geek Stuff you want to do, you never have to make advance plans. The Bay Area is like Bizarro Universe when it comes to nerd culture.
- cwe 15y agoI don't mean to flame or rip on Kul, but why are they letting grads of the program--with successful exits under their belts!--go through YC again? Aren't there enough awesome teams out there that need this program a first time?
- aaronblohowiak 15y agoYC is not a need based program. That kind of thinking is good for charity, not capitalism.
- skmurphy 15y agoReturn on investment: investing in a known quantity is lower risk.
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- pmjordan 15y agoAlso, if you're doing it all over again after a respectable exit, you're more likely to keep going for the really big prize. Which is what investors are after.
- redthrowaway 15y agoIt's not like you graduate with a degree, and doing it again is redundant. It's a focussed networking and product development session where you get some much-needed advance from people in the know as you develop your company. Funding alumni is a no-brainer; it's a much safer investment.
- mchusma 15y agoI'm more curious about why grads are redoing the program...I understand the stick with what works mentality but Y-comb alumni should already have the ears of investors. You don't need yc to focus on product. As I'm writing this I guess the exception might be if your customers are heavily technical, like the heroku for NFC.
- Cherian_Abraham 15y agoGreat. Your blog is definitely useful in understanding the different types of stickers and which scenarios they map to. All I need now is a Nexus S. Goodluck.
- identity86 15y agowow great to see another mallu on YC!
- Cherian_Abraham 15y agoHA! I thought I would never ...especially on YC! Holler at me, will ya? cherian.abraham@googlemail
- biot 15y agoGiven that you're from the Great White North, what sort of immigration hoops did you have to jump through? Are you on a TN Visa, are you only down there visiting and you'll move back to Canada to work on the startup full-time, or something else?
- JMiao 15y agoi believe kulveer's originally from the uk, but moved to canada following live current media's acquisition of auctomatic.
- RK 15y agoWhat are the advantages of NFC stickers over QR code stickers? (I sure you've gotten this question 1M times...)
- ojbyrne 15y agoHere's a clue on the taxi situation. SF is 7 miles x 7 miles (and the bulk of this is Richmond or Sunset where you'll rarely go). Walk. Ride a bike. Take the Muni or BART. Problem solved.
- hugh3 15y agoHave you tried walking from the Marina to the Mission, late at night, wearing leather loafers? It kinda sucks. And MUNI isn't public transport, it's just a homeless shelter with wheels.
- Sukotto 15y agoHow is the entry-interview different if you're an alumni? Do they even interview you or do you get auto-approved for the program?