[sama]

I actually ran the idea by a few other firms and they didn't seem quite as interested in international founders as we are.

We're willing to do the work on this. If others are, that'd be fine with us too. We just don't want to wait 5 more years for anything to happen.

[wtpiu]

Ah, would have loved to have seen that in the post. With that information, your post is a totally different read. Apologies.

[rdl]

I suspect davemcclure/500 Startups would be totally on board with this; they're almost MORE international focused than YC is.

[ntoshev]

Almost more international == just a little less international

[rdl]

I meant almost in the sense of "possibly", as in YC is international in the range of 0.2-0.4 and 500 is in the range 0.25 - 0.45 or something. And that YC still has a greater number/quality of international startups, even if 500 has a greater percentage, partially because YC has been around longer and has had a few big successes (Team Ireland at Stripe is worth more than all of 500 combined, and possibly more than TechStars, although Digital Ocean might test that).