I've seen a lot of smaller outstaffing companies like moonlightwork.com offering remote employees and it's a good way to keep your costs low. The lights will go out quickly if you get developers at $50-$100 an hour and upwork is hit or miss and you can waste a lot of time. Toptal seems good but not cheap. Check out intellabridge.com they have good mid-level remote developers you can hire for $18-$20 an hour and they specialize in designing and building MVPs.
For the event to get good PR, it would need to include some of the companies who either got a video interview last week but no in-person interview or the companies which got an invite to interview but don't get through the final round. Those companies are obviously strong companies if they were selected for an interview. But those results won't be out for another couple weeks.
Congratulations to those of you invited an interview! If unfortunately you don't get in, check out a group which is getting together to set up a Demo Day for rejects after the YC demo day: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14144922
We got a pre-interview where one of the YC partners asked some questions about the business model, so we were optimistic, but got a rejection letter today. For those of you who got an interview, congratulations! Good luck with your interview, but just in case it doesn't work out, check out this group which is thinking about setting up a Demo Day after the YC demo day for those who didn't make it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14144922
ROCK ON! Yes please! There is a huge chance that we could be in Boston at that time though. Please email me! Heck here is my cell; let's keep in touch. (505) 415-5906. Everyone else, please don't spam, thank you!