khmel

Hi! I would like to make soft hacking of YC application process. Lookig for breakdown of companies who made to YC by industry, country, b2b\b2c, Global \ US Market, business stage, product development stage, money raised befor applying, number of employees, number of founders, founders background - for the last 5 batches. I'm usually good at sucessfully entering highly competitive clubs - I made 50:1 to McKinsey, 16:1 to Stanford GSB, 100:1 to Citadel hedgefund. I know that selection triggers exist and numbers work. Will appreciate help with statistics - this will help all of us avoiding info asymmetry in the future, and spend our time and efforts wisely.

Thank you

Igor

Hi! I would like to make soft hacking of YC application process. Lookig for breakdown of companies who made to YC by industry, country, b2b\b2c, Global \ US Market, business stage, product development stage, money raised befor applying, number of employees, number of founders, founders background - for the last 5 batches. I'm usually good at sucessfully entering highly competitive clubs - I made 50:1 to McKinsey, 16:1 to Stanford GSB, 100:1 to Citadel hedgefund. I know that selection triggers exist and numbers work. My team was rejected by YC with Moscow-based blockchain fintech b2b company. We checked logs - YC did it just because of our video, nobody never checked the product. So looks like some triggers did not go through - either b2b, or blockchain, or Russia. Some other accelerators said us that YC is mostly for consumer startups, and Bay area in general is not big on blockchain. So need historical proof, and analyze successful startup cases that have the same pattern. Will appreciate help with statistics - this will help all of us avoiding info asymmetry in the future, and spend our time and efforts wisely.

Thank you

Igor

I am developing anti fraud system for atm cash-outs outside of home country. I would like to make real time match of the region of atm cash out with the region of mobile roaming of the card owner.

I know that there're services to locate phones region that support api request for free or for small payment per request. Would appreciate references.

Hi YC,

We're building social micropayment and microgiving service Give+. I'm looking for designer in order to make our closed beta nice. This is Fb canvas app, as well as our portal. UX is already done, mockups are 80% ready.

Fb app will be installed within non-profit facebook pages and will be used by them to raise money \ monetize audience support.

No budget at this moment, but equity. Would appreciate leads. I saw some good people on Dribbble - not sure who of them will work w\o budget.

Thank you

My mail is igor at(@) giveaheart dot(.) com

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!

I have question about conflict of interests. I'm working with my team for last 8 months on social payment service - we're developing technology that will monetize social graph, particularly Facebook pages for closed beta. We target US market.

Unfortunately, we're out of the cash. I have to take some job in order to continue startup.

Which company\role is the most useful and safe to work for taking into account startup business model, experience and cash maximization?

I consider the following options:

1. Product manager in Facebook, Paypal or Google Payments + this is exactly what I'm doing now with my company + this are good brands and position that will attract investors to fund my team in the future - Facebook, Paypal, Google are potential startup acquirers, probably they will not permit to continue working on startup at the same time - not sure that cash compensation will be high enough -/+ what will happen with patent that I filed (social network & content monetization tool), will I still own it?

2. Business development \strategic position at Facebook, Paypal or Google + likely, higher cash + employer brand is relevant for startup - non-product position that will not add too much value to my profile from investors point of view +/- lower conflict of interest: startup vs. employer

3. Investment \ hedge fund professional in Europe + high cash + no conflict of interest: startup vs. employer - employer brand is non-relevant for startup - non-product position that will not add value from US investors point of view - far from our US target market + potential non-US investors