I&#x27;m from Brazil, my startup has 60 employees, and I would gladly stay in SV for 3 months if approved... If nothing else, it acts as a filter of &quot;will power&quot; and dedication for the selected startups... They give you the money and they are flexible (I&#x27;ve read a story of a guy who took the red eye flight every week to attend dinners because he couldn&#x27;t stay away from his company all week).<p>It&#x27;s also a much richer experience for the startups. If you want to be a top of the class founder, you better visit the &quot;startup founder meca&quot; to learn from the best... If they opened a branch in São Paulo, I wouldn&#x27;t care to attend...