We don't have much experience with the program yet. We arrived in SF this morning and the first dinner ended about an hour ago.
There are some stressful aspects to building a business in SK and being in the Bay Area. 2/3 of our team will remain in Seoul while we are here. Relocating to a new area for 3 or 4 months poses its difficulties.
Despite that, we applied to YC for a reason and believe it will pay off. YC's network is great and the feedback so far has given us clarity as to what we should focus on. On a day to day basis, we plan on matching our hours with Seoul and will have Google Hangouts up to communicate better. We also brought office phones (VOIP) so we can continue to handle customer care as well as cleaner phone on boarding so we can continue to have a good grasp on what our customers want.
I will probably be able to offer more insights after a bit more experience in the program.
I was under the impression that one founder was allowed to remain "home" but the rest were required to relocate for the duration of YC. Is this not the case?