YC Application and beyond

I've been working on filling out the YC application for this Wintor 2008 funding round. It's taken me a lot longer than I thought. The reason for this is the nagging question of whether my "idea has legs?" It's come down to two ideas on our plate, Condor and Elephant. Condor is consumer related while Elephant is very much a b2b. While I figure out which of the two has a greater upside, I'll try to get the Condor survey out soon.

Regardless of the YC deadline, I have to realistic about it and position myself for local funding opportunities. There are some preparations that I still need to do, especially on the recruiting front for rapid prototyping developers.

1. I have a Sept 12th meeting with a SCORE counselor, I hope to get some Condor questions answered, as well as recruiting strategies.
2. I visited Glendale Community College recently and spoke with one of their guidance counselors for how to tap the student population about recruiting for the team.
3. I will be doing the same recruiting at ASU and it may be easier to do this now that they have an office that handles the liaison between entrepreneur and student-intern.

We'll see what happens.

-john