Wow! This solve so many problems that our startup (www.worldpackers.com in Brazil) have!

We are a global marketplace, so we have to charge people from everywhere, and stripe still doesn't cover Brazil.

Opening a Delaware company is a must have as we are starting a series A fundraising.

And the network, wow!

BUT... I wonder how achievable is the direct application as a way for getting in the beta. We are not part of any accelerator by choice (except YC that rejected us on the interview phase). We have a great company, just not important friends.

So, a question to the community: What is the better aproach: Direct application or look for someone to refer us?