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i think there is no secret sauce , if your priority is getting into YC over building a successful business you're most likely doing it wrong. P.S im no way affiliated to YC

your customers opinion of the product matters more than everything else. two of YC's founders Paul n Jessica are married .

Every market is different and so are their rules. You are right that India has more players than the US or Europe markets but it also has more diversity and population density. Imagine paying all these multiple service providers to make your content free as a small company , non-profit , or startup to reach a billion people.

what's the difference between access to "basic internet" and "internet"?

implementing the right solutions is very subjective. There are many approaches to solving a single problem.Lets take the energy example where we have different solutions in renewables, hyro and nuclear amongst others . Now it seems that the people working on renewables dont talk to people from hydro nor with those working on nuclear. IMHO might be better for the global community where people working on a single problem communicated amongst themselves and policy makers to self select what works best.

yes government needs good tech but we as a global community also need good leaders that understand implications of new tech , policy and innovation.

go for it. definite shortage

Not been in an accelerator either. Although I did spend some time in Pittsburgh. If i were to start something they would not be on top of my list(the weather is palatable for a few)and most of the imp people there are very old for me to relate to , Or even to start a meaningful conversation with. I feel obligated to be respectful over honest because of my culture bias. I met this individual who taught an innovation in practice course and didn't know what " acqui-hiring" was. As someone who visited the country to study and learn how to innovate it was a slight shock

i agree that there is a small business community but i've noticed that most of the companies that are successful in that region are sold to bigger companies. I'm not sure what stops them from going all the way and achieve world domination. They have excellent ingredients for success (lower costs , incredibly driven smart people)but is it a lack of vision or lack of good advice as talked here?

when you read about other accelerators , you realize that they are more region specific. For ex there are tons in the philly - pittsburgh area that continuously talk about being the best in that particular region as opposed to a massive global force. I've realized by inference that they prioritize their community goals (create more jobs , attract smart people) over founder priorities as Sam mentions here. I think what differentiates YC is that they understand that the community goals are a by-product of supporting great founder driven missionary companies and not vice-versa.

what his vision for the company is? what is it that motivates him to do this? how do employees grow in the company?

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