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.
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-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
You can reach me at rafael_imas[at]yahoo[dot]com
Let's open a group somewhere to follow up on this.
Saludos!
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 (at) prezentit (dot) com ;)
Update:
Another idea: Lets create Latin American Y-Combinator!
(maybe we can sell it as a reality show)
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.
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.