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Or maybe you could just... open a company in the US (or Canada), release your product. If you need funds, don't have enough and can't get it from people you alr

Or maybe you could just... open a company in the US (or Canada), release your product. If you need funds, don't have enough and can't get it from people you already know, maybe it's time to reevaluate your model. Sorry, you will never get funded by any investment funds. And I don't understand what those investors expect they will find overseas. It's just a lot more of the same. But my point is: I don't understand why people are so obsessed about being in the US/CAN all time. Really, if you want to go there you can get a US B1 (business) visa, that does not requires much. I have a LLC in the US and I'm there every few months. But maybe that is not what we want, am I right? Maybe we want to live the life techcrunch is selling us. We tend to be pathetic sometimes. Believe me, being there personally and trying to talk to those guys will just make you realize how insignificant we all are to them - no matter how cool you are on twitter, no matter how cool you product is. It will drain the very energy you need to succeed.

coryl 14y ago
http://paulgraham.com/hubs.html http://paulgraham.com/hubs.html Location matters, that's why people want to be in the US/Canada.
- eduardordm 14y ago
  Valid, but see: "... I said something to a partner at a well known VC firm that gave him the (mistaken) impression I was considering starting another startup. He responded so eagerly that for about half a second I found myself considering doing it." Those startups get founded, not yours, not mine. We do not have that kind of access. I never talked to a VC partner in my life and I couldn't if I wanted. They are just these mythical creatures you always hear about but never get to see. Maybe accelerators are a way of doing it right, but they do not mean a whole lot, those startups are special cases.
  - coryl 14y ago
    Startups that get funded are startups that have a high potential to make money, period. Be building the next Facebook, and nobody cares how old you are, or where you're from. Connections are nice, but at the end of the day VCs don't invest money to lose it. This visa isn't for early stage entrepreneurs who are shooting in the dark. VC funding usually happens at a stage where risk is much more marginalized.

coryl 14y ago

http://paulgraham.com/hubs.html http://paulgraham.com/hubs.html Location matters, that's why people want to be in the US/Canada.

eduardordm 14y ago
Valid, but see: "... I said something to a partner at a well known VC firm that gave him the (mistaken) impression I was considering starting another startup. He responded so eagerly that for about half a second I found myself considering doing it." Those startups get founded, not yours, not mine. We do not have that kind of access. I never talked to a VC partner in my life and I couldn't if I wanted. They are just these mythical creatures you always hear about but never get to see. Maybe accelerators are a way of doing it right, but they do not mean a whole lot, those startups are special cases.
- coryl 14y ago
  Startups that get funded are startups that have a high potential to make money, period. Be building the next Facebook, and nobody cares how old you are, or where you're from. Connections are nice, but at the end of the day VCs don't invest money to lose it. This visa isn't for early stage entrepreneurs who are shooting in the dark. VC funding usually happens at a stage where risk is much more marginalized.