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Re: Ask HN: Rejected from YC? What's your startup?

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Post by jamesfranco »

Lionga wrote: post #8
s3f0 wrote: post #6

Hi guys we have built a search engine for local apps, 98% of the apps in the stores has less than 50.000 downloads, that is not a healthy ecosystem. For us each application has a place and each location is a store. Is no the first time we got rejected ;) Apple did not allow to publish our search engine back in July and later on they publish "Popular" Near me. We will keep fightint for a fair store and organic positio…

I just want to warn you, google will also remove your app once they notice it. Apple & Google do not want anyone competing with their stores.

What are you talking about? Quixey.com is an app that let users discover apps and hasn't been removed from the android app store. Plus it has raised millions from Eric Schmidt's fund, Innovation Endeavors.

Re: Ask HN: Rejected from YC? What's your startup?

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Post by ecolner »

derwiki wrote: post #10
ecolner wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ya, I figure your market is the SMB that needs high end equipment. Very cool. I know guys that could use this. But I bet you'd have great funding success if you broadened the concept beyond just cameras and became Borrow.it or something. I was recently wishing there was a service that rents espresso machines since I've never used one before and the ones I want start at $700. Similar theme but another passionate crowd…

We're testing the waters for lighting equipment (which is as expensive as cameras) and high-end video, like the RED ONE and Epic-M. It's funny that you suggest becoming more generic -- that was specifically why we began focused on camera gear. There are existing "P2P rent anything" sites like Zilok, Snapgoods, and the now defunct Rentalic. The main problem is that most items aren't expensive enough to be worth the ha…

Ah snap! That's good stuff right there. What else can we think of renting? P2P game rentals?

Re: Ask HN: Rejected from YC? What's your startup?

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Post by s3f0 »

jamesfranco wrote: post #11
Lionga wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I just want to warn you, google will also remove your app once they notice it. Apple & Google do not want anyone competing with their stores.

What are you talking about? Quixey.com is an app that let users discover apps and hasn't been removed from the android app store. Plus it has raised millions from Eric Schmidt's fund, Innovation Endeavors.

And xyo.net has an app aswell, google is not apple.

Re: Ask HN: Rejected from YC? What's your startup?

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Post by creativeone »

derwiki wrote: post #2

I didn't apply, but because I thought my business wasn't mature enough for YCombinator. BUT last time I started this thread, I was criticized for not being as forthright. So! my bootstrapped startup: www.CameraLends.com, P2P camera rental. We've reached 500 users and nearly 100 transactions to date (and growing and accelerating week-over-week). We did not apply to YC because all YC alums who gave me advice said that…

Have you thought about letting photographers advertise their services? If some of your customers are amateur, or just need nice cameras for a party, they might be willing to pay for the services of a photographer.

Re: Ask HN: Rejected from YC? What's your startup?

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Post by sharemywin »

ecolner wrote: post #12
derwiki wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We're testing the waters for lighting equipment (which is as expensive as cameras) and high-end video, like the RED ONE and Epic-M. It's funny that you suggest becoming more generic -- that was specifically why we began focused on camera gear. There are existing "P2P rent anything" sites like Zilok, Snapgoods, and the now defunct Rentalic. The main problem is that most items aren't expensive enough to be worth the ha…

Ah snap! That's good stuff right there. What else can we think of renting? P2P game rentals?

nothing in it really for the renter. you would need a decent size collection. how are you going to large advantage enough over these guys to make it worth while: gamefly, redbox, gamestop

Re: Ask HN: Rejected from YC? What's your startup?

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Post by samelawrence »

We had ambitious, though perhaps misguided plans to revolutionize recipe publishing across the web (and also didn't have the idea for long before applying). Since applying, and talking a few other folks, we've realized that what we really want to do is pick up the torch of the early work on RecipeML and make an open format for the web to encode recipe data in. Ideally, we'd like to see companies like Epicurious and Allrecipes.com use this format and compete on features rather than data. We believe all recipes should be open and public to the web, allowing anyone to cook anything, anywhere.

So, we're still on the task, but maybe this is about creating a consortium to manage an open format / standard, rather than a company... though I certainly think profitable companies could come from this.

You can view our submission here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/n99prz9wkxjb223/s2014form.htm

Just open in a browser (or text editor, if you really feel like it).

Re: Ask HN: Rejected from YC? What's your startup?

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Post by wmaiouiru »

Applied, but didn't get invited for an interview.

We are creating a door to door travel itinerary search engine. (www.travelmacho.com) Currently, most of the travel website only provides you with one leg of the travel such as flights, but there is still the problem of figuring out how to get to the airport. So what the users typically do is open up multiple windows to plan their travels.

We would like to create a platform that aggregates all modes of transportation (bus, train, flight, airport shuttle, taxi etc) into one search engine. The users will be able to find the best way to travel in one website.

Let us know what you think! http://www.travelmacho.com

Re: Ask HN: Rejected from YC? What's your startup?

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Post by jmaha »

derwiki wrote: post #2

I didn't apply, but because I thought my business wasn't mature enough for YCombinator. BUT last time I started this thread, I was criticized for not being as forthright. So! my bootstrapped startup: www.CameraLends.com, P2P camera rental. We've reached 500 users and nearly 100 transactions to date (and growing and accelerating week-over-week). We did not apply to YC because all YC alums who gave me advice said that…

Photojojo released this today as well. http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/16/photojojo-gets-into-camera-...
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