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YC's W15 application deadline is Oct 14. What do founders, who have already applied or who are planning to apply soon, expect to gain from YC W15 program ? Money, Network and Mento…

Important numbers. " To date, Yo has had over 2 million installs of the app and currently has over 2,000 developers who have started working with the API. "

Congrats! PH is a very good growth hacking case study for entrepreneurs.

Quote from the about page ( http://www.ycombinator.com/about/ ) ... "At Y Combinator, our goal is to get you through the first phase. This usually means: get you to the point where…

YC's goal is to help startups take first baby steps and raise money on a larger scale. So most important stat is what % of companies do that. Based on your data it seems (76 + XYZ)…

How much time Quora founders are going to spend at YC headquarter during the program ?

Dividend amount is usually based on extra cash generated by a company. However, lower margin does not directly translate to less cash generated by the company.

This might impact startup fundraising trajectory. Investors may prefer to wait out for 3 weeks if VC partner's investment is a strong enough signal for them.

With billion dollar valuations these are not startups rather corporate giants.

No, it does not mean only build for iOS onwards. It means give primary focus to iOS7 in terms of performance, UI, design idioms, usage of underlying technologies etc…. It means don…

Any reference to support your claim that LLVM bit code is quite large ?

You need both to add value. How would a technology that is not used by anyone add value ? Note that, marketing is not just advertising.

Your response seems to assume that she has earned MBA, but she has not. http://www.linkedin.com/in/juliesupan

In 90s, technical founders were able to launch startups successfully if they were technically strong. Getting designer was not top priority at the time. So everyone focused on havi…

Good for you. Google Tells Court You Cannot Expect Privacy When Sending Messages to Gmail http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/newsrelease/google-tells-cou...

People do care about privacy if they are given fair choice. When choices are between 1) FREE (in small print, give up privacy) vs 2) Pay $X (and protect privacy) FREE overwhelmingl…

... and you think Android phone makers are not in mad rush to get a finger print sensor as early as possible ?

Trick is to find a balance in the process so that author of an App is legally identifiable. This is to avoid episodes like "Fake Angry Bird App" and "Fake Mobile Banking App". IMO,…