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Question for Paul: if you believe that more people will startup in the future, but success requires lots of hands-on help, coaching, etc, surely you need a way
by aristus 20y ago
Question for Paul: if you believe that more people will startup in the future, but success requires lots of hands-on help, coaching, etc, surely you need a way to scale YCombinator, right? How?
- Readmore 20y agoI think a sat program would be great. You could have local incubators that take proposals, pick the teams, and fund them but that also 'plug into' yCombinator for connections and such. That would allow the system to scale and allow people who can't move right away the chance to get started and make the right connections.
- lkozma 20y agoIt's exactly the "connections" part that doesn't scale. Paul can mention 4 startups on his page, and hint two other apps he uses, but if he would list 20, probably no-one would check them.
- pg 20y agoWe often think about that. We could hire assistants, so we didn't have to do everything ourselves. Or we could make YC work more peer-to-peer. Or we could build a robot that would walk around telling everyone "don't make users register," "delete half the text on your frontpage," "face the audience when you're presenting," etc, and I could just hang out in the next room with a book and a cup of tea.
- dfranke 20y agoSee http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=6716 http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=6716
- elad 20y ago"don't make users register" Funny that I had to register to post here :)
- nostrademons 20y agoThe alternative is anonymous comments, which usually lead to a significant drop-off in the quality of discussion. I think "Let the users see what they're getting into before registering" is a more accurate description.
- Tichy 20y agoHowever, I noticed that YC did not ask for my email address, so it was not a painful way of registering. Also, you can read the news without an account.