> Given YC companies get: AWS, Google (100k), IBM (120k) and Microsoft (500k) all offer credits - $5k seems small.
$5K in exchange for spending 5 min to fill out a form is well worth it. And that's not including any indirect value you'd get from the actual office hours.
My hosting costs are minimal but the advice I received in the January office hours was great. I was really impressed with Aaron and his ability to understand my business and be able to provide advice in such a short period of time.
How does this work exactly, do you need one black woman on the team and then you can go all 3 days. Does she need to be in a leadership role, can she just be the Secretary?
And to be clear, founders should apply. There's no harm in applying for more than one day -- but we likely would not do office hours with you more than once. We typically get so many applications for each day that we're only able to meet with a small percentage of the people who apply.
Seriously? You're trolling their diversity efforts with absurd strawmen like the idea that teams will trick black women en masse into being fake token founders so that the real teams have an extra shot at office hours.
There is a disgusting "argument" being made here, but I'm not the one making it.
When's the last time you experience a racist or sexist remarks or behavior?
When's the last time you confronted a racist or sexist?
You're welcome to call me a troll, but filters based on gender are sexist and those based on race are racist. Any other sub-topic to me is irrelevant, and points back to the real issue, this is toxic.
Because those are groups to whom the startup ecosystem has not historically been open and available. The path towards "open for all" is to identify the current failure cases, and direct focused effort towards fixing them.
I'm Latino and it has been available to me. I don't want a "Latino Only" day any more than I would want a "Whites Only" day.
It feels belittling that anyone would think they're doing me a favor by banning the white competition. Real helpful, since my race is obviously a huge handicap. Right? Stopstopstopstopstop. Just stop. You're not giving me an equal opportunity to compete if the competition is segregated.
Hold up, an attempt to rectify systemic injustice is not reverse racism.
YC's doing a great thing here to support and foster underrepresented groups in the startup founder world. Being from an underrepresented group makes so many things harder because as a founder raising capital it, unfortunately, is often more about what you look like and who you know than your product or your vision.
Easy to laugh at jokes, it's hard to watch real racism first hand.
Next time you experience racism in the real world, saying something - experience first hand what it's like in the real world to confront it, then reflect on why it's wrong to make choices based on race.
Good find. This is the application to attend Demo Day (http://www.ycombinator.com/demoday/). If you're an accredited investor and interested in attending, please apply!
