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by rdl 5578 days ago
I'm honestly not sure if I should apply for YC or not. I'm having no problem meeting people and (presumably) raising money or revenue (although I haven't asked for a check yet from either).

If I were doing a consumer service, it'd be a no brainer. However, I'm working on infrastructure/security technology, although with some cool demos, and I'm not sure if being a YC startup would help in getting meetings with fortune 50 CIOs or various defense/government agencies.
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kovar 5578 days ago
I'm in a similar boat, doing ediscovery/cybersecurity validation tools. Not quite YC's cup o' tea, I think. (And figuring out whose cup o' tea it is is one of my challenges.)

Have you looked at any of the Federal grant programs, in particular, SBIRs? If you fit, that's some pretty easy money...

Drop me a line, if you don't mind, I'd be quite interested in hearing about what you're doing, particularly given your background. dkovar - gmail.

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