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Latinamerican applicants to YC?
Are there any other applicants, either accepted or rejected, from Latinamerica out there?
We are from Argentina and got rejected and like to find out about other experiences.
- german 19y agoHi imasr, we are from Peru, maybe we can share experiences (En espanol por supuesto) email me at: german (at) prezentit (dot) com ;) Update: Another idea: Lets create Latin American Y-Combinator! (maybe we can sell it as a reality show)
- aristus 19y ago"Combinador I-Griega"? :) En serio, en el mercado mas grande de latam, hablan portuguesa, no espanol. El problema de las tres idiomas es un poco dificil. The largest internet market in Latam speaks Portuguese, not Spanish. The problem of the three languages makes things more difficult.
- german 19y agoI took Portuguese lessons ;)
- rglullis 19y agoEngracado, eu aprendi alemao. :D
- brlewis 19y agoJust use English or Spanish. Most hackers learn English the way early 20th-century engineers learned German, because most technical docs are in it. Or use Spanish because Brazileros generally understand it, and most think they can even speak it. :-)
- aristus 19y ago:) That works inside the company. At Terespondo we muddled through between engineers in Miami & Sao Paulo. But with customers you have to go the extra mile to make support for each language (& currency, culture, laws, etc) first-class. Our customers loved that; it was a competitive advantage that helped us go toe-to-toe with Google and Overture in Latam.
- brlewis 19y agoOh, I see. I thought you were referring to difficulties for a Latin-American Y Combinator. You're actually talking about difficulties for its startup companies.
- leovernazza 19y agoI am from Uruguay, we should try to create a new YC'like in Punta del Este. Could you find one referent in your country to make it happen? I can find some of them here. I am sure after posting some photos of punta del este girls everyone in California would want to move here with us, including pg :)
- german 19y agoI would be a great idea for all southamerican founders to know each other personally.
- leovernazza 19y agoI am participating of the Open-Coffee Club here in Montevideo (http://upcoming.yahoo.com/group/3668 http://upcoming.yahoo.com/group/3668) and I think it's a good kick off... I was kidding about replicating YC because it's impossible to do. YC is the YC'people. But, we could organize a startup weekend like this: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/07/startupweekend-70-founders-create-company-in-one-weekend/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/07/startupweekend-70-found... What do you think? We can start the company with the required hype all over the continent... I think 70 people is too much... but maybe 20-30? Drop me a line to leovernazza [at] himalia.net
- imasr 19y agoI actually think is not a bad idea to take the concept and try to replicate it. It'll cost far less to do it here and wouldn't be as much competition. The big question is if there are enough of us to give it a try. You can reach me at rafael_imas[at]yahoo[dot]com Let's open a group somewhere to follow up on this.
- german 19y agoI just sent invites to a new google group, its a great idea.
- leovernazza 19y agoGoogle Group: http://groups.google.com/group/yc-latinoamerica http://groups.google.com/group/yc-latinoamerica