jseeff

Fair enough- looking forward to the beginner mode :)

So over time is it that a user get ranked for being a better or less good interviewer and the better you are, the higher level of interview partner you get?

Hey - I really like the idea! Can you explain how the interview process will actually work? Do you oversee the interview process or is it a nominated "interviewer"? I'm also interested to know - can anyone sign up to be an an interviewer or do you select a pool of interviewers who then conduct the interviews for users? How do you incentivise people to act as interviewers? Finally (as i'm not too techy) will there by a way for beginners / less developed coders to practice too?

Not sure if it works quite the same for programmers and obviously there are a lot of factors involved, but i'd recommend making "smart applications" - i.e. getting an "in" prior to sending your application. I wrote something along these lines in a LinkedIn post here:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/shoe-in-booted-out-3-tips-you...

Let me know what you think...

Potential work as an advisor getting this fixed?

Thanks. I applied and agree with what you said except that I think YC adds a ton of value: advice, experience, great connections, the reputational association with YC etc.... That's what differentiates YC from just getting any investment from any investor. It is not that EVERY YC company is worth the same thing (yet they all get $10k for 7%).... it is that YC says, we add value in many ways and this is our price for it...

Don't disagree that in-person is better but the OP said it was a pre-requisite to applying. I just wasn't surewhy someone would make it a pre-requisite rather than a preference....

THIS is the answer I was looking for. Thanks. I do, of course, still get the inherrent risks (especially as a non-tech founder) and the intense competition, but the crux is that idea-stage is therefore open (even if limited in liklihood) to less traditional "winning applications" :)

This is latest in a number of new accelerators based totally or partially in Tel Aviv, adding to the many already here.... other recent newbies are William Hill (https://developer.williamhill.com/whlabs) and Samsung (http://www.runwaysamsung.com/)

I think, in this forum more than any other, it is clear that this article is way too simplistic. It also makes sense that a start-up needs to be monetised / pay for itself. That said, whether because of family money or the economic-cost of giving up a stable job, it is true that more financially stable people (rather than necessarily the most creative or smartest people) have more chance of founding and sustaining a start-up. Maybe that is just "the way it is" but could there be alternative ways to help encourage those from less stable socio-economic backgrounds to join the start-up world (especially as founders)?

All that is true and I get it (really, I do)... but I guess my point and the thread came about trying to understand what it means to be open to idea-stage because surely by definition an idea-stage venture is that- only an idea?

Agree entirely... I know HOW to get the business running, I just haven't (yet) found the right person to help me do it. My advantage is that my tech needs largely already exist in other contexts so I know the tech exists and can be re-applied with some tweaking.

All sensible.... and yes I need tech input.... but 8 weeks could help consolidate the idea, focus, provide good connections etc... still I appreciate the risk (and hence the q)...

Tel Aviv - lots of tech guys... just need to find the right one :)

Not this specific idea (which is new)....

No.... sadly not. I think a sole tech founder is easier than a sole non-tech founder but again, as this is idea-stage, I'm wondering if there is room for a good idea without the tech side (yet)

Out of interest, why do you feel the need for other UK or French start ups just to apply? I understand the desire to be able to bounce ideas off of others but isn't the whole point of the remote office hours, that YC will be trying to find ways to make it work from a distance? This IS a tech community after all, so whilst personal contact can be key, temporary distance-communication should be workable I think.