I'm surprised my comment triggered you so easily. Obviously my personal experience will be sample size of one and I'm not invested enough in an internet discussion to try to support my comment but trying to deny things that are easily observable is just laughable.
My employer was in the process of getting a PERM for me when they announced layoffs, which caused the petition to be denied. How soon after a round of layoffs is it "safe" to apply again?
My company participated in the Battlefield and had a space in the Alley. You do get extra attention if you also participated in Battlefield but the Startup Alley by itself is not worth it.
It's complicated and exhausting to stand there for the length of the event and it's definitely the most inefficient way to get tractiton.
Agree entirely! However, Google still has a lot of work to do to put some sort of order in the lower end of Android devices like reducing fragmentation, offering a more unified experience for users and making sure that new devices are not shipped with obsolete hardware and software. Android One, for example, is a great initiative that desperately needs to go global.