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YC NYC, September 26
- danest 15y agoCurious on how many spots are going to be available and are any spots reserved for students?
- pg 15y agoWe planned for 500 but we may have to increase that. None are reserved for any specific group, but we like students.
- benhoyt 15y agoSounds really interesting. I'm curious: how useful is the event likely to be if I already work at a (larger) startup? Is it mainly targeted at those who want to found new startups?
- ktrgardiner 15y agoI like the sound of that. And here I was thinking that being a student would be a disadvantage.
- pitdesi 15y agoAre you considering going back to the 2 city model where you have a YC batch on both coasts? It would seem to make sense in NYC, as the city has made great strides as an internet startup hub and probably significantly ahead of where Boston was when YC moved entirely to California. edit: PG's reasons for moving to California permanently (2.5 years ago) are described here: http://ycombinator.com/ycca.html http://ycombinator.com/ycca.html - but as YC has grown, I'd imagine things are a bit different as there are many more people involved now.
- pg 15y agoWe have no current plan to. Going to Silicon Valley for YC doesn't mean moving there permanently. (There are about a dozen YC funded startups in NYC.) And if ambitious people are willing to go to another city for several years for college or grad school, it doesn't seem like a big stretch for them to go to Silicon Valley for 3 months for YC. There's a long tradition of ambitious people travelling to the big center of whatever they're interested in. And while NYC is more of a startup hub than it used to be, the Valley is still the center. Founders who come here find it an eye-opening experience. So we wouldn't necessarily be doing NYC-based founders a favor by establishing a branch there.
- nicholasjbs 15y agoMy cofounder and I moved from NYC to the Valley to be part of the S2010 YC batch. The time we spent there was incredibly valuable and definitely worth it, even though we knew from the start our company would ultimately be based in NYC. Doing YC in no way means you have to leave New York for good.
- kristiandupont 15y agoCould you elaborate a bit on what you learned or realized? Was it simply a different vibe or were there more tangible differences that the rest of the world could learn from?
- nicholasjbs 15y agoTwo things immediately come to mind, one specific and one a bit vague. Specific: YC gave us an unbelievable network of founders, hackers and investors in the Valley, and that stayed with us even after we moved back to New York. There's absolutely no way we'd have as strong a west coast (or even east coast) network if we hadn't done YC. Vague: Valley culture. YC is in many ways at the center of the Valley and embodies the best it has to offer. I don't know how to explain it, but there's definitely a different culture at YC and in the Valley in general than in New York or anywhere else I've been. It's hard to quantify or describe concisely, because it's really the sum total of people's attitudes, and the conversations you overhear on the street, and the density of people who have built or are building startups, and a thousand other things. The only analogy I can think of is traveling to another country. For instance, when I traveled to Europe, it felt extraordinarily different from the US, and the differences weren't always easy to pintpoint.
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- startupfounder 15y agoThis is a great sign for an east coaster born and raised (grew up in Cambridge roaming the streets of Central Square). I applaud YC's efforts to build an "official" community in NYC, having a number of successful companies to seed this is a great way to transition an informal core group into a sustainable community. Now YC funded companies have the option after incubating in SV to surround themselves with the same support on the east coast that YC is known for.
- klbarry 15y agoJust applied, I hope I can attend. I got an error message when submitting the resume text, though. Error 324 (net::ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE): The server closed the connection without sending any data.
- pg 15y agoSorry. The server is a bit overloaded today. Try http://news.ycombinator.com/resume?id=klbarry http://news.ycombinator.com/resume?id=klbarry
- klbarry 15y agoThank you for the second link - I will have to try again later though, the error unfortunately persisted.
- bendoernberg 15y agoI had the same problem
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- spoiledtechie 15y agoI beg to differ on the amount NYC has to offer compared to Wash DC. I personally believe there are more start up ready folks in and around the district compared to NYC... I say you look into DC.
- shakes 15y agoI'd be interested in what data there is to back this up? I'm admittedly biased (as a NYC resident), but I just don't see DC carrying the same kind of weight as NYC.
- arturadib 15y agohttp://proudlymadeindc.com http://proudlymadeindc.com
- sbisker 15y agoAn admirable list for sure - but that doesn't really tell us why DC has more startup mojo than NY. Particularly when it can be quickly countered with the "Made in NY" list of companies, all self-reported and all with over 10,000 users. http://nytm.org/made/ http://nytm.org/made/
- aepstein 15y agoI'm from the DC area (now living in NYC), and all of my DC tech friends went into consulting. No one even considered a startup. I'd love to see a great startup culture grow around the DC area, but NYC is light years ahead at this point. DC makes it too easy to be conservative.
- asanwal 15y agoUnfortunately, DC based on VC funding to local companies (including Maryland, VA and DC) doesn't hold a candle to NYC or Mass on the east coast. It's funding numbers have been buoyed in recent quarters by large LivingSocial rounds but otherwise, there is not a lot of institutional investment flowing to startup in the DC area. Look at pages 4 of 5 of the report embedded at the bottom of this link. You'll see DC doesn't figure near the top for VC deals or funding - http://www.cbinsights.com/blog/venture-capital/venture-capital-report-quarterly-q2-2011 http://www.cbinsights.com/blog/venture-capital/venture-capit...
- benatkin 15y agoHuh. Surprised how tiny the Wikipedia article about Y Combinator is. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Combinator http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Combinator I wanted to read about and see the date of a talk pg gave at Harvard before Y Combinator's first batch (not Startup School 2005; I went to that so I know a little about it). Anyone have details? Curious.
- pitdesi 15y agoI believe you are referring to "How to start a startup" http://www.paulgraham.com/start.html http://www.paulgraham.com/start.html derived from a talk to the Harvard Computer Society in March 2005
- benatkin 15y agoThanks! That's the one. Only a few months after it, the first batch of YC started. I wonder if it will be similar for NYC. =)
- simonw 15y agohttp://lanyrd.com/2005/hcs-guest-lecture/skkr/ http://lanyrd.com/2005/hcs-guest-lecture/skkr/
- benatkin 15y agoAwesome. This page is even better: http://lanyrd.com/profile/paulg/past/speaking/ http://lanyrd.com/profile/paulg/past/speaking/ Much more useful than Wikipedia. For an influential speaker there ought to be a list of talks just like for a famous singer there's a list of singles.
- paul 15y agoThe edit history is interesting to review. They actively remove useful information from the article, e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Y_Combinator&diff=435299680&oldid=435290762 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Y_Combinator&d... I'd love to see someone create a non-broken wikipedia that keeps the citation rules but eliminates of the rest of the deletionist culture.
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- DavidPP 15y agoAnyone else from Montreal planning to go ?
- alecbenzer 15y agoI'd like to go to this but can't (live outside of NYC but I'll be in IL at the time). From the description of the event I'd guess it won't really be suited for this, but is any part of it going to be recorded and/or streamed?
- alexro 15y agoWhat's the timeline of the event? It's Monday, so must be full day + evening?
- mtalantikite 15y agoThe frontpage says 5:30-10pm, so looks like an after work event
- alexro 15y agoOh year, I was looking in the text but didn't notice the header. So, just evening then.
- dmitri1981 15y agoQuick question for PG. Would you be interested in running a similar event in London? We've been organising an HN meetup for over a year and currently have a community of over 1100 people that would love to attend an event like this. There are also several YC companies including Songkick that have been involved in the meetup that I am certain would be interested in helping out.
- dhruvboruah 15y agoYes, we have a thriving start up community in here, everyone is excited about YC spirit !!! We need u guys to be here in London !!
- lucagrulla 15y ago+1 for London !
- tomcavill 15y agoAnother +1 for London
- pg 15y agoPossibly. If we had an event in Europe, it would probably be in London.
- alain94040 15y agoWhat about Paris? I'm hearing from neutral sources (not me, I'm biased) that Paris is ahead of London in terms of startups. I actually was surprised to hear that. I understand that the language barrier can be stressful for Americans. London is therefore the default choice.
- SoftwarePatent 15y agoWhat is the Paris startup scene like? Can a native English speaker with a little French get a job there? (Especially one with an EU passport ;)
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- grinich 15y agoIf you're in Boston on September 24th, http://startupbootcamp.mit.edu/ http://startupbootcamp.mit.edu/
- thomasilk 15y ago+1 London