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We are building a realtime digital signage solution mainly powered by nodejs. Maybe we got rejected because we are from germany?

• allanscu 14y ago
  That shouldn't be a problem being from out of the US.
  • mituljain 14y ago
    I'm not so sure - historically only people from the US , UK, Canada & Australia seem to have made it in. I don't blame them - being from one of these places significantly simplifies the whole visa stuff.
    • allanscu 14y ago
      Depending on how your company is formed could make a big difference. Keep in mind that YC is investing $10-20K in your company, so it may not be appealing if there are $40K in legal costs to create an entity that they could invest in.
• ChuckMcM 14y ago
  Not sure why you got down voted, seemed like valid info. Of course being twisted in the way that I am twisted, it also generated a thought about 'real time digital signage.' There are lots of trucks on the freeway, they drive along at night from point A to point B, so how cost effective would it be to put a very high mileage car to drive along behind them and optically stabilize the projection of signage on the back of the truck? (I saw the building projections and thought, those are pretty cool) Imagine you're driving down the freeway and you see a billboard for a restaurant which is available in a couple of miles. Trucks could do this on themselves, perhaps it would offset the cost of gas. Imagine a unit that used GPS to know where it was and an arm that extended out the back and projected on the truck a location sensitive billboard. Either way it would be a fun hack.
• donw 14y ago
  On the application instructions page, the original 'how to make a YC application video' is the pitch video for Directed Edge -- both of whom were out of Berlin.