YC will hold interviews in Vancouver for founders who can’t get US visas

Re:YC will hold interviews in Vancouver for founders who can... by spitfire on Thursday March 09, 2017 @01:06PM (#13831349)

Oh please no. Leave the VC reality distortion field south of the border please.

We don't need YC ruining Canada with hopped up "startup" bros. If we even need more VC firms (I don't think we do), let indie VC or something like it come up.

Edit: This isn't meant to mean people shouldn't start companies here. They should. But they should do it firmly grounded in reality, not based in SV VC world which has very little to do with building solid long term businesses.

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Re:YC will hold interviews in Vancouver for founders who can... by sdflkd on Thursday March 09, 2017 @02:20PM (#13832287)

I agree! Canada needs to continue giving depressed wages for the same/more work to its talented citizens and then just complain passive aggressively when they move down south.

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Re:YC will hold interviews in Vancouver for founders who can... by dang on Thursday March 09, 2017 @03:26PM (#13833188)

> We don't need YC ruining Canada with hopped up "startup" bros.

As a Canadian who once got funded by YC and is no "\"startup\" bro" I wince at this comment, which is beyond inaccurate. So is the bit about solid long-term businesses—I can tell you from plenty of first-hand observation that you're quite wrong in YC's case.

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Re:YC will hold interviews in Vancouver for founders who can... by exacube on Thursday March 09, 2017 @01:23PM (#13831561)

maybe you don't mean it, but the way you speak sounds very judgemental and not-in-my-backyardy.

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Re:YC will hold interviews in Vancouver for founders who can... by mediocrejoker on Thursday March 09, 2017 @03:59PM (#13833560)

Haven't pretty much all of the largest tech companies been started with VC funding?

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