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by allanscu 15y ago
Good posting. I'd be interested to hear what other questions YC alums have gone through.
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by allanscu 15y ago
The concept is so simple and needed. I've run into this problem so many times. I like it. Wow!
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by allanscu 15y ago
This is really cool. I think I'll have an a-ha moment later today with a real practical purpose. It may be something to use at a sporting event or music festival or to get a politician to notice a specific cause. Keep up the good work.
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by allanscu 15y ago
This one is pretty good
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by allanscu 16y ago
Yesterday, somebody put it best: Facebook, Microsfot, Apple, Groupon, etc were not funded by YC. Not a bad group to be a part of. =)
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by allanscu 16y ago
It's going to come down to determination of the group, and it's hard to gauge that in an application or interview process. I'm in the process of gathering more information about groups that applied to YC/TS/500 that were rejected but event
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by allanscu 16y ago
That's a fair question. Without knowing me, it's hard to gauge my integrity. If you have any questions, I'll be happy to speak with you.
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Looking for success stories from rejected YC, TS or 500 applicants (ycreject.com)
3 points by allanscu 16y ago|0 comments
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The Y Combinator-denied fly to YC Reject(vator.tv)
10 points by allanscu 16y ago|3 comments
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by allanscu 16y ago
The money is only a small part of it. It's really there to make sure you can focus on your project and not worry about putting food on your plate or making rent. The money was put on the table, but I'd like to get feedback to know if it's
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by allanscu 16y ago
Even YC has always said that there were promising groups from those that did not make the cut. They've admitted that they aren't the best at picking winners. So you can't say that the A groups were better than the B groups. Many of the B
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by allanscu 16y ago
With 40-50 groups now your time spent with him as a YC'er is significantly less. He's added staff, but scaling out his time is a big problem. Plus with the 40-50 groups - I can only imagine that the demo days are a complete circus. Will
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by allanscu 16y ago
What about the quality of the applicants? Will the better candidates not bother with this project since no money is involved?
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by allanscu 16y ago
For purposes of full disclosure, I was approached by an individual angel and I sat down with the investor for a meet and great. The selection process needs to be sorted out and the term sheets need to be agreed upon by all parties before i
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YC Reject - We've been offered an investment to fund our Summer 2011 class(ycreject.com)
101 points by allanscu 16y ago|71 comments
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by allanscu 16y ago
You bring up good points especially with getting speakers and getting angels. I do plan to leverage the groups by having them contribute in setting up speakers and finding qualified angels. I'm more concerned about scaling this (that's the
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by allanscu 16y ago
I've been to a lot the H&F events and other events in the Bay Area. They're great, but they do not empower the individual groups. They're good at getting speakers and creating a forum to get to know each other. With YCreject.com, I w
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by allanscu 16y ago
Yes.. then I would be DQ'd.
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by allanscu 16y ago
There's no reason to not start their own group. But you have to stay laser focused.. otherwise too many cooks spoil the food.
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by allanscu 16y ago
It's just a name by itself for now (for SEO purposes as well). Of course I wouldn't go around to investors and say we're 2nd tier groups that PG didn't want. Right now, I want to keep it very small. Find out what everybody wants and go fr
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Alternate YC Summer 2011 Class - let's do it ourselves(ycreject.com)
113 points by allanscu 16y ago|39 comments
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by allanscu 16y ago
I'm working on fixing a critical bug that my beta users discovered. As soon as I get this next build out, I'll email you an apk. Thanks!
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by allanscu 16y ago
Good job Wompt!
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Ask HN: Place to recruit Android Beta Testers
2 points by allanscu 16y ago|2 comments
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What's the best Android phone to develop on?
1 points by allanscu 16y ago|1 comments
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by allanscu 16y ago
Congratulations!
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What's the etiquette at hack-a-thons?
2 points by allanscu 16y ago|0 comments
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by allanscu 16y ago
Very clean. Maybe the "how it works" should go on the front page.
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by allanscu 16y ago
-- Reliable Internet is important: I was at SuperHappyDevHouse 42 in San Jose last weekend and the wireless was slow... really.. slow -- Energy Drinks: Rockstar and Red Bull! -- Ice Breakers: It's great to have a bunch of people there, b
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by allanscu 19y ago
Any picture-only type website doesn't require much from the user. So I Picasa and Flickr and YouTube (and web 1.0's hotornot.com) fall within this category. It doesn't take much to look at a picture/video and click. Or if they want to sub

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