Ask HN: Can there be a YC batch in Europe?
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If you can't spend 3 months in SF, you probably can't spend 3 months in any other european city/country.
Is there a city with anywhere near the critical mass of SF?
If that happened to be on the other side of the EU, would you be OK living a 3-hour flight away from Amsterdam, rather than a 13 hour flight away?
Is commuting back and forth 3-hours compatible with the "SF-level work ethic", as you call it?
Is there a city with anywhere near the critical mass of SF?
If that happened to be on the other side of the EU, would you be OK living a 3-hour flight away from Amsterdam, rather than a 13 hour flight away?
Is commuting back and forth 3-hours compatible with the "SF-level work ethic", as you call it?
Amsterdam to London is little more than 1 hour by plane.
And nobody checks your social media handles when you land.
And nobody checks your social media handles when you land.
> due to my family being here in Amsterdam, business being here and my future
Isn't the point of YC (if you make it) that the startup and YC = your future?
What do you actually want? Can't have everything.
Isn't the point of YC (if you make it) that the startup and YC = your future?
What do you actually want? Can't have everything.
I'm sure I am not alone in not being interested in relocating (even temporarily) to the US, at least under current conditions.
So... are there enough of us EU founders with global ambitions and SF-level work ethic to actually make the mountain come to us instead? What would it take for us to convince YC to make even one experimental but proper batch happen in Europe? (with global mentors and global VCs for a demo day etc.)
If there is enough interest - let's petition YC folks to make it happen, shall we?