Finbarr

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   by Finbarr 10y ago

   It lets you sign up and provide a more detailed recommendation for an individual or team that you think should apply to YC. When you provide a recommendation, we reach out and encourage them to apply. You can also track the status of all yo
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   by Finbarr 10y ago

   You can apply for any kinds of visa you want while taking advantage of the parole according to the linked article. You would need to leave the US to change status though.
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   by Finbarr 10y ago

   All you get for your money is parole though -- not a visa. You couldn't work for other companies or stay indefinitely without getting another type of visa.
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   by Finbarr 10y ago

   Given the amounts we're talking about, it's likely the founders would still have complete control of the board.
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   by Finbarr 10y ago

   Parole in this case is just leave to enter the US.
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   by Finbarr 10y ago

   You need to raise the money from investors with a track record of investing in high growth startups, so won't be quite as easy as writing yourself a $250k check.
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   by Finbarr 10y ago

   Reading through it. The gist is you can get 30 months of parole from USCIS if you are a startup entrepreneur that has raised investment. Seems like the threshold is $250k and it can support up to 3 founders. You must own at least 10% to be
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   by Finbarr 10y ago

   We actually had a few fantasy books on our Summer Reading List: https://blog.ycombinator.com/yc-summer-reading/ Thanks for the recommendations!
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   by Finbarr 10y ago

   Small point of feedback: the header of this site is extremely distracting.
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    by Finbarr 10y ago

    Yes this really is phenomenal news for Scotland. Here's hoping they were generous with stock and we see a new wave of angel investors emerge. According to https://angel.co/skyscanner-2 they last raised almost 200m at a
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    Why Whale?(justinkan.com)

    9 points by Finbarr 10y ago|1 comments
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    by Finbarr 10y ago

    That's true for the Westminster elections but Scotland has a proportional representation system for its devolved parliament.
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    by Finbarr 10y ago

    There are no minimums. We assess each application on its individual merits.
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    by Finbarr 10y ago

    "Canadian" bacon is often reformed as well in my experience. British and American are natural cuts. Here's a good depiction of the 3 varieties: http://www.endlesssimmer.com/wp-content/uploads/2010&#x
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    by Finbarr 10y ago

    In the SF Bay Area it's still way cheaper to take Uber than a Taxi.
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    by Finbarr 10y ago

    I've been using react-router 0.13.4 for almost a year in a project and it works perfectly. I found no reason to upgrade and am now glad I didn't bother.
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    by Finbarr 10y ago

    We just changed it to show acquired companies too.
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    by Finbarr 10y ago

    We just deployed a change that will show acquired companies too.
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    by Finbarr 10y ago

    Not further than Sorrento.
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    by Finbarr 10y ago

    Yes I've traveled quite extensively and nothing has ever come close to SF. I don't for a moment pretend to understand all the issues that contribute to this. I'm simply making an anecdotal observation based on my own experien
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    by Finbarr 10y ago

    Have you been outside of the US? Coming from Europe, SF is utterly shocking. I've never seen anywhere else like it. Government provides a lot of support for low-income and homeless people in EU.
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    by Finbarr 10y ago

    It was instinctive. We figured that if investors had schedules that required them to wait around half a day between meetings, they would be 1) irritated and 2) less likely to show up. I think we made the right call.
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    by Finbarr 10y ago

    I really enjoyed "Children of God" and the sequel "The Sparrow" by Mary Doria Russell. Great sci-fi.
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    by Finbarr 10y ago

    I don't think so. 1) There are way more investors than startups and we anticipate a busy day for everyone based on past data. 2) Not the demand for a company. 3) No.
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    by Finbarr 10y ago

    We do have a lot of context on investors that can help founders when choosing who to meet with. In addition, we're going to let investors specify a reason why they want to meet with each company (optionally). This should give less well
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    by Finbarr 10y ago

    Investors are not weighted by their fund's size - they are ranked by the founders individually. Founders would be able to apply your stated preference for meeting with larger funds or with known high frequency investors, if they were s
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    by Finbarr 10y ago

    The way the algorithm is written actually balances out the preferences of both groups. Investors and founders will each get to meet with their counterparts based on a ranking they supply.
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    by Finbarr 10y ago

    We plan to in the near future.
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    by Finbarr 10y ago

    There are a lot more investors attending demo day than startups so this is not likely to be an issue for the companies.
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    by Finbarr 10y ago

    Very close. It's many:many with multiple iterations until a stable solution is found.