Doing Y Combinator a second time

http://kulveer.co.uk/2012/01/28/doing-y-combinator-a-second-time/

by kul • 14 years ago

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Nate75Sanders2• 14 years ago

"Likewise, the mandatory installation of Excel becomes super easy with the deal from Microsoft."

Huh? mandatory installation of Excel?

kul3• 14 years ago

Oh, you end up needing Excel if you're doing a startup. Cap tables, etc.

Nate75Sanders2• 14 years ago

Don't you mean a spreadsheet?

EDIT: Just to be clear I'm not trying to troll or be difficult. It's a grid with some cells that does some math. I just figured _anything_ would work.

You typically have to start worrying about using specifically MS products when compatibility becomes an issue. This is usually more true for Word than Excel, though, by a long shot (I have deep, painful experience with this)

sshumaker• 14 years ago

Not just for YC folks - Microsoft has their BizSpark program, which is pretty awesome for startups - it gives you access to basically every Microsoft product ever made for free.

http://www.microsoft.com/BizSpark/

vyrotek• 14 years ago

I can confirm that this program is great! Our startup leveraged it as much as we could. It also includes other free things such as Windows Azure hours.

Paskulin• 14 years ago

We are using BizSpark for two months now and it helps a lot, but it's not for free you have to pay 100$ after three years.

jayliew• 14 years ago

Nice write up, Kul. A no brainer to go through YC again. Talk soon!

andrewflnr• 14 years ago

  I’ve experienced PG’s reality distortion field,
  and his no-nonsense style of communication.

Are those at different times? Otherwise it seems sort of contradictory. I'm sure it makes sense from the right perspective, but I can't see it right now.

kul3• 14 years ago

PG is never afraid to mince his words. If you suck at presenting for example, he will tell you.

By reality distortion, PG has an amazing ability to sell you on a vision. It's often times because he has spend a lot of time thinking about a problem or a solution, and there's no real way to argue back in real-time.

joelrunyon• 14 years ago

Isn't that just more of being a visionary?

I get the reality-distortion field from Jobs thing, but that was much more specific to his personality. He didn't care whether or not things were possible, he just told people to figure them out.

I'm sure that overlaps with vision casting in some sense, but I would hate to see the word "reality distortion field" pop up all over the place and start being a SV buzzword when people are really just referring to leadership.

Reltair• 14 years ago

A good read, thanks for the insight into YC!

daylonsoh• 14 years ago

3 cheers for Garry. Might mean future YC companies need to bring in design co-founders.

unoti• 14 years ago

Where are the bars in San Francisco where people are likely to know what Y Combinator is? I just moved here and don't know of them.

jphackworth• 14 years ago

I feel like SOMA is now the center of mass of the tech startup scene. Try 21st Amendment.

Doing Y Combinator a second time

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