You are trying to hard and you are doing it wrong.
Instead of doing this why don't you contact your congress people or whatever you guys have in the US and try to change the immigration laws ?
I'd rather cut my wrists than to spent my time on a boat full of prima-donas that want to "change the world".
I would love to move to SF one day, but I want to have living quality as much that country as to offer ,which isn't that good if you come from Europe, let's be honest, but it's probably one of the best places to live in the US, and not some artificial thingy floating in sea,
Again, if the US doesn't want us there because of our potential/skills, well then, I suggest we stop putting it in this big pedestal and start creating our own startups on our own countries or countries that want us there.
Question: Does YC fund foreign startups, if not, why ?
Is there a place in europe where you can have the same level of freedom and entrepreneurial atmosphere that is not choked by bureaucracy and regulation? Cause i 'd love to move there, even without VC money.
It's easy to set up a new company, the overhead is minimal and there are lots of financial and other supports available from government agencies like Enterprise Ireland:
Not to mention a very strong academic community, plenty of funding available for academic collaboration and the presence of a huge number of prominent US tech companies including Google, Facebook, Twitter, eBay, PayPal...
What is the visa situation like in Ireland? How about the personal tax burden and regulatory burden? (We spent 6 months in the UK and were just constantly hounded by random bodies that believed we owed them taxes, for instance a tax on televisions (we didn't have one.))
I've lived in Silicon Valley and did not like it at all. The population density is really high, the rudeness coefficient is really high as well. Everyone I knew was on anti-depressants just because the environment was so tough.
Contrast that with berlin-- a much more healthy lifestyle can be had there, at a lot less cost (both financial and emotional).
The one thing silicon valley has going for it is sand hill road. But I think venture capital is a lot less important now than it used to be-- at least it should be.
Getting a bunch of people who want to create startups together in a geographic area will attract the money eventually.
What countries support this idea? (I'd live in Berlin right now if german immigration wasn't a bear.)
I'd rather cut my wrists than to spent my time on a boat full of prima-donas that want to "change the world".
I would love to move to SF one day, but I want to have living quality as much that country as to offer ,which isn't that good if you come from Europe, let's be honest, but it's probably one of the best places to live in the US, and not some artificial thingy floating in sea,
Again, if the US doesn't want us there because of our potential/skills, well then, I suggest we stop putting it in this big pedestal and start creating our own startups on our own countries or countries that want us there.
Question: Does YC fund foreign startups, if not, why ?