At techcrunch you miss 90 % of startups. You only get to read about companies the editors believe are different. HERE, we are all the same. My karma could be 2 and still my story or startup could be on top of the listing.
TC is awful and they're not an aggregator :( They're just posting PR stuff that companies send them. GigaOM is so much better... at least he looks at stuff more critically and says what he thinks.
TC doesn't have the great hacker-in-the-trenches commenters that news.yc has. It was always so useful to see what my peers have to say about the nitty gritty stuff of startup building, share experiences/advice/etc...
Managing your time is important, but might be even more important to know how to manage it yourself. It's better to have the skill of knowing how to prioritize things than to just listen to what someone else says. Of course you can share your priorities with others to see if they are in line with project goals.
Interesting read. Moving away from your family is tough and you definitely are taking a chance if you quit your job or move to do the whole YC thing. However, it has been successful for one of the founders of Zenter who just found out they were expecting a baby the day he applied to YC.
Working on projects on the side is great, but if you're in a market with other competitors, you might watch them pass you by.
Anyone know how many YC founders quit their normal jobs after applying and accepting funding?
Not a bad idea, but how many users could you actually get to come to your office? This would definitely motivate your team. Seeing live people who actually use your product and express what they like about it is great. But in terms of user loyalty, I think there would be maybe 10-20 people who might actually make it down.
The most guaranteed payout would be getting a job at a big company... So if we were betting on success of a company versus the stake you hold, would that be the way to go?
Maybe we could have a "sort by category" feature?