cathyttrn

Re:YC Summer 2017 Invites/Rejections on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @01:13PM (#14140665)

Last batch had around 7,000 applications-I found the number on Quora so 10,000 actually makes sense.

Re:YC Summer 2017 Invites/Rejections on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @12:05PM (#14139962)

It's almost mid-night from South East Asia - we're 14 hours ahead of SF. I think they won't be sent for another 6 hours.

Re:Ask HN: How many of you quit using Facebook or rarely use? on Monday April 17, 2017 @05:35AM (#14129993)

I'm using it to source and sometimes to talk to my users (from my personal account) on days when I don't feel like going out. Most people in my country (Vietnam) use it to sell stuffs, sort of like how they'd using Craigslist. They particularly abuse the livestream feature to showcase their products... sort of a fascinating behavior in my opinion. None of us uses it to have "meaningful connection with one's acquaintance"... because we all know that can only happen in the offline world.

Re:YC S17 Rejection/ Acceptance on Saturday April 15, 2017 @05:42AM (#14120080)

I don't think it can ever be too hectic to save someone's time & money. Someone I knew got a pre-interview as well so I'd say it's common for international teams who get seriously considered for invites to get a pre-screening sort of...

Re:YC S17 Rejection/ Acceptance on Saturday April 15, 2017 @04:32AM (#14119933)

I should think so. It'd be more efficient that way.

Any One from South East Asia?

Posted by cathyttrn on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @12:23AM
from the self-post dept.

I'm wondering if there's an accelerator or incubator in the region that's either similar to YC in terms of model or has YC partners' involvement? I know it's a weird question but I'm researching on them for our startup (from Vietnam). We haven't applied to any besides YC. I did talk to a few so-called advisors from these accelerators but didn't like their way of doing things. Please pardon my...

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