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Thanks rdl! :D > probably wouldn't make the app public pre-submission; after is fine. this is a minor point though. I submitted the application at the same ti

by whit537 13y ago

Thanks rdl! :D > probably wouldn't make the app public pre-submission; after is fine. this is a minor point though. I submitted the application at the same time as I posted it to GitHub. > video: [...] The audio seems to have gotten muddier in transcoding, but maybe I'm making that up. Like a dork I deleted the original (can you believe it?). :-/ As far as points two and three go, do you really think there's time in the video to go very deep with those? The video is already twice as long as called for. I've spoken and written a lot about these themes over the past year. The links, especially under "What's new?" lead further down the rabbit hole. But what you're saying is that those points need to be punchier, not longer. I'll stew on it, maybe record another take in a few days. > "I helped launch an organic produce growers cooperative." -- maybe another sentence about what you specifically did. As it is, it could be just coming up with a sign for it, or setting up a mailing list... Fair enough. I've added: "I did everything from writing bylaws to pricing and sales to driving truck." > I'd downplay the wife/kids/mortgage. I took out the sentence (from the concurrent commitments question), "My wife is open to discussing the possibility of my being in Mountain View for three months if it makes sense for Gittip." > Live near Pittsburgh and expect to come back is good BECAUSE it helps your business -- great developers and less competition for them. Same result, but phrased in a more productive way. Hmmm ... I've got a lot of connections and friends in the tech scene here, but I'm not depending on Pittsburgh for talent. Gittip today is a global distributed team. I'm in Pittsburgh because my family and friends are here. You think I need to explain Pittsburgh in my answer? > In general I'd try to make the "big picture" more clear on how vs. why. "care for one another, inclusion, etc" are more like goals vs. methods, I think. Talk about how gittip will move the world toward those goals more. In the video or in the application somewhere or in blog posts or what?

rdl 13y ago
I meant I wouldn't make it public until after I heard back from YC, not just until you submitted it. Yes -- the video should be shorter (a minute), and punchier. I'd add that gittip is already a global distributed team, but that you like living in Pittsburgh (family, friends, etc.), then. It's essentially a hard requirement that you spend 3mo in MV for YC; other than that, flexible (although if you raise money, I'd plan on spending at least a few days per month in sfba ongoing, and a few weeks at a time during things like raising...)
- whit537 13y ago
  > I meant I wouldn't make it public until after I heard back from YC, not just until you submitted it. Publishing early is part of Gittip's "share as much as possible" principle. I don't have private conversations about Gittip if I can help it. :-) > I'd add that gittip is already a global distributed team, but that you like living in Pittsburgh (family, friends, etc.), then. Done. Thanks. > It's essentially a hard requirement that you spend 3mo in MV for YC. Understood. > although if you raise money We're not going to be raising money, because we price to cost and so we don't have any profit to offer VCs. PG suggested we fill out the non-profit application, even though we're not a 501(c)(3), either: https://twitter.com/paulg/status/376129437676228608 https://twitter.com/paulg/status/376129437676228608
  - rdl 13y ago
    Yeah, I don't think "not currently a 501(c)(3)" is a showstopper -- you probably could become one, and even if not, gittip is clearly a legitimate project, not "a non-profit app to throw a party for my younger sister" or something. Making the app concise and memorable is important for p or np just the same.
    - whit537 13y ago
      > Making the app concise and memorable is important for p or np just the same. Agreed! Thanks for all the great feedback. :-)

by whit537 13y ago

rdl 13y ago

I meant I wouldn't make it public until after I heard back from YC, not just until you submitted it. Yes -- the video should be shorter (a minute), and punchier. I'd add that gittip is already a global distributed team, but that you like living in Pittsburgh (family, friends, etc.), then. It's essentially a hard requirement that you spend 3mo in MV for YC; other than that, flexible (although if you raise money, I'd plan on spending at least a few days per month in sfba ongoing, and a few weeks at a time during things like raising...)

whit537 13y ago
> I meant I wouldn't make it public until after I heard back from YC, not just until you submitted it. Publishing early is part of Gittip's "share as much as possible" principle. I don't have private conversations about Gittip if I can help it. :-) > I'd add that gittip is already a global distributed team, but that you like living in Pittsburgh (family, friends, etc.), then. Done. Thanks. > It's essentially a hard requirement that you spend 3mo in MV for YC. Understood. > although if you raise money We're not going to be raising money, because we price to cost and so we don't have any profit to offer VCs. PG suggested we fill out the non-profit application, even though we're not a 501(c)(3), either: https://twitter.com/paulg/status/376129437676228608 https://twitter.com/paulg/status/376129437676228608
- rdl 13y ago
  Yeah, I don't think "not currently a 501(c)(3)" is a showstopper -- you probably could become one, and even if not, gittip is clearly a legitimate project, not "a non-profit app to throw a party for my younger sister" or something. Making the app concise and memorable is important for p or np just the same.
  - whit537 13y ago
    > Making the app concise and memorable is important for p or np just the same. Agreed! Thanks for all the great feedback. :-)