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I'm not sure this is the right question. pg repeats time and time again that the product doesn't matter, the team does. So really, the title ought to be: Ask HN: Rejected from YC? Who are you?
2 MS's in CS that were already in a startup (we are all 30-32 yo. (no family/kids yet) but maybe the age? seems like a good team (and a good idea), but oh well...
We built http://embark.at - the easiest way to buy and sell cruises online. We're a marketplace that connects people that like to cruise with travel agents who have awesome unadvertised deals. We have a demo video at http://embark.at
BTW, there is already a YCombinator company called Embark: http://ycombinator.posterous.com/embark-s11-is-now-plotting-...
I'm building http://www.iwaat.com , a search engine for web applications that I'm working to turn into a Yelp for apps. Also a solo founder looking for others to join me on this project. If you're building a web app feel free to add it to the site.
Very nice interface. Where are you located?
We're making an iOS universal app (we call it Cook) that uses grocery lists and recipes to keep a current record of all the food in your kitchen. With said current record, you can do cool things like reccommend recipes you have all the ingredients for, or tell them to use an ingredient before it spoils :)
Who am I: I'm getting my PhD in 2 months in applied math at UCSB. I'm always looking to meet interesting people. I think I'm interesting myself. As proof, I can show you some of my fire sculptures :-)
Check out my blog: http://www.davidvaldman.com
A realtime collaboration application, check it out at tutor.nodester.com
One big problem is that drawing anything details is hard without a tablet.
I'm also using Node.JS on Quip. Configuring it on EC2 wasn't that difficult if you've considered it.
Didn't apply to YC but interesting idea. I thought of the same idea but there was one fundamental problem I couldn't solve. That is, the text on the side is too distracting. I hope you can think of some ways to solve that problem!
There's also user interface ways to make things less jarring.
Keep building!
I'm a founder located in Seattle looking for co-founders. If you're around here and interested please ping me on: elkhourygeorges@hotmail.com
We applied with http://www.musicfilmcomedy.com :).
Clearly YC applicants are getting much better for them not to even give you an interview.
Where are you located, and who is your team?