[whatusername]

Interesting? Do YC refund/pay for flights? I'm thinking return tickets to SF, plus say 2 nights in a hotel for 2 is probably coming close to $5K(AU$). That's a pretty significant chunk of the seed funding that YC gives you.

On that note though - congrats guys - always great to see some Melbournians doing great stuff on here.

[tomaitch]

We actually stayed for 11 days - we weren't going to fly all that way with the possibility of being unsuccessful, only to return immediately without having any fun.

But we did it on the cheap, and you're in the ballpark with the cost. YC reimbursed us USD $700 like everyone else.

Yep it was a big punt, but totally worth it.