What are the chances of a Subsidiary in getting accepted to YC? Have you had any case like this previously?
P.S.: I'm talking about a case where only the subsidiary has applied for YC and that subsidiary is making a different product than what the parent company is making.
We use Google Apps too but the services are up and running perfectly.
On googling, I realized this is a common issue reported multiple time.
Few things that you would like to consider and think:
- Did you guys just started using Google Apps. If yes, then it takes around 24 hours for the services to get activated.
- The admin might have suspended the account.
- Are you sure your payments for Google Apps are going through? We faced a similar problem once when we had a problem with our Credit Card.
Robots might destroy jobs, but also create new jobs for us.
It's like innovative products - which might make some products obsolete but also makes space for more innovation and other products that would've not existed otherwise. :)
Definition of "idea" here means - any intelligent thought/opinion about any particular field. But much more focused on yours "idea" and a collection of those ideas at one place. It could also work as a very valuable portfolio (of ideas) apart from your CV. Even though, execution is the key; ideas are also worth something. :)
HN and Twitter (sometimes) seem appropriate to share ideas. But Facebook and other such platforms doesn't appeal to me as it need not always have the right audience. Hence building Meraki with the right kind of user-base who would be interested into sharing and also in knowing more about others' ideas about product, world, politics, and many other areas. :)
I started designing as a hobby. Just started making designs focused on superheroes, comics, etc. A year later, one of cousin's said he is starting a new project, for which he needs some designs. I randomly started designing it. The UI/UX of that app ended up so well that he's still using the same design concept for the app, and since then I have been learning more and more about UI/UX and I have completed more than 7-8 UI/UX design projects till now. :)
It's nice to see so many people taking up CS as their major.
But again, just learning to code or design won't help a person in building the greatest product(s). They might just lack something called "Imagination". We see many useless/stupid products these days. Those are the results of lacking a great imagination and a vision.
What you intend to build matters, when you have the skills to do it.
If I give you a blank sheet of paper, what are you gonna paint? ;)
We already have Google spreadsheets and many more such apps/web apps. Why would someone jump to this?
I think you need to clarify more about your USP. Becoming more specific about your functionalities such as what kind of security or what kind of user permissions, etc. might help you gain more attention.
People already have such apps/web apps available. So, you need that one wow factor to make the users jump from one service and come and use yours. Try to think more from an user's perspective and try to redesign the way your web app is going to work or help companies/individuals in handling spreadsheets with ease. Good luck! :)
It might not be the biggest disadvantage if you're building the right product for people. Yet, having good and right cofounder & team can help you a lot.
P.S.: I'm talking about a case where only the subsidiary has applied for YC and that subsidiary is making a different product than what the parent company is making.