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Can anybody that is in or has been through YC answer these questions:

How difficult and costly is it to find a place in SF for 3 months? It seems like a large part of the YC money would get used up for the founders basic living expenses.

Do most YC company founders go in debt / use savings / use most of the YC money, to cover personal expenses while they do this?

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>Do most YC company founders go in debt / use savings / use most of the YC money, to cover personal expenses while they do this?

For us Yuri and SV money investments covered everything and gave us enough to stash.

If you feel comfortable doing so, can you share what additional percentage of equity you traded for the additional investment. (A range is fine)

We are right in the middle of a round. Sorry, can't say much.

Most new founders don't live in San Francisco. YC encourages you, and rightly so, to live in and around Mountain View, where rent is much, much cheaper than the city.

I dont think it is "much, much" cheaper.

GOTO Padmapper.com to take a look....

Cool and very useful site, Thank You!

It's not terribly cheaper but you can get a studio for what you can get a nice 1 bedroom apartment elsewhere.

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