Anyone know if YC is doing traditional companies? i.e. advertising and real-estate.
Don't need the money but could really use the "blessing". They have some of the most enviable media contacts in the industry right now.
Don't need the money but could really use the "blessing". They have some of the most enviable media contacts in the industry right now.
edit: why am I getting downvoted?
"Resist complaining about being downmodded. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. "
One point I'd like to make though is that it's less about the karma itself than it is about the reason that people don't like the question. I could understand why if I was trolling, insulting, etc.
Honestly, I don't care if my karma goes to negative infinity, unless that would automatically ban my account, or something to that effect.
I would write an expose on Hiring practices we used to have at Netscape, detailing precisely what hiring managers though, and how - and people would downmod me like there was tomorrow.
Over time, I realized, that sometimes it's just a popularity contest. Your comments, even if well meant, may just not be in agreement with somebody elses. I just learned to deal with it - over time you get a sense for the Ebb and Flow - and can learn quite a bit about the community. Don't always consider a downmod to be negative - sometimes it's just a reflection of what other people think - not a reflection of your comments value.
Yeah you get good media contacts with YC but that only takes you so far. What's good is the community of founders who have gone thru YC.
Seems like the whole startup scene is focused on web-based tools and utilities, while we're focused in real-world businesses.
By the way, I am also interested in operations research. (I write my thesis about the very real-world problem of scheduling at Deutsche Bahn.)