Trac (YC W16) Aims to Improve on the Stopwatch

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Post by whatami » Tue, Mar 22, 2016, 6:09 PM UTC

Trac (YC W16) Aims to Improve on the Stopwatch
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Re: Trac (YC W16) Aims to Improve on the Stopwatch

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Post by jamestanderson » Tue, Mar 22, 2016, 7:12 PM UTC

Would be great if you capitalized TRAC, as I first read this as the project management software of the same name.

Re: Trac (YC W16) Aims to Improve on the Stopwatch

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Post by dang » Tue, Mar 22, 2016, 7:44 PM UTC

jamestanderson wrote: post #2

Would be great if you capitalized TRAC, as I first read this as the project management software of the same name.

OK.

Re: Trac (YC W16) Aims to Improve on the Stopwatch

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Post by choward » Tue, Mar 22, 2016, 7:47 PM UTC

jamestanderson wrote: post #2

Would be great if you capitalized TRAC, as I first read this as the project management software of the same name.

Doesn't help for googling though.

Re: Trac (YC W16) Aims to Improve on the Stopwatch

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Post by nbschulze » Tue, Mar 22, 2016, 7:50 PM UTC

Are the guys from TRAC here? It would be great to know more about it. I ran in college, my brother ran in college, my sister hopes to as well. I have always been frustrated that I couldn't follow along with those trackers online. We always resorted to trying to give play-by-play over the phone which isn't the most elegant solution. Definitely an area you could have a lot of impact on. Especially with the rise in popularity of marathons and other races.

Re: Trac (YC W16) Aims to Improve on the Stopwatch

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Post by whatnotests » Tue, Mar 22, 2016, 8:00 PM UTC

Perhaps they could start by improving the name.

Re: Trac (YC W16) Aims to Improve on the Stopwatch

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Post by dang » Tue, Mar 22, 2016, 8:05 PM UTC

nbschulze wrote: post #5

Are the guys from TRAC here? It would be great to know more about it. I ran in college, my brother ran in college, my sister hopes to as well. I have always been frustrated that I couldn't follow along with those trackers online. We always resorted to trying to give play-by-play over the phone which isn't the most elegant solution. Definitely an area you could have a lot of impact on. Especially with the rise in popu…

Today is YC W16 Demo Day (so, by the way, brace yourselves for an onslaught of YC/startup stories), so the founders are probably occupied, but we'll ping them.

Re: Trac (YC W16) Aims to Improve on the Stopwatch

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Post by nbschulze » Tue, Mar 22, 2016, 8:28 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #7

nbschulze wrote: post #5

Are the guys from TRAC here? It would be great to know more about it. I ran in college, my brother ran in college, my sister hopes to as well. I have always been frustrated that I couldn't follow along with those trackers online. We always resorted to trying to give play-by-play over the phone which isn't the most elegant solution. Definitely an area you could have a lot of impact on. Especially with the rise in popu…

Today is YC W16 Demo Day (so, by the way, brace yourselves for an onslaught of YC/startup stories), so the founders are probably occupied, but we'll ping them.

Cool. Thank you!

Re: Trac (YC W16) Aims to Improve on the Stopwatch

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Post by timberburn » Tue, Mar 22, 2016, 8:34 PM UTC

If people are looking for something similar without RFID tags, there are sites like http://chronograph.io. It synchronizes stopwatches and timers between anyone viewing the same session.

Re: Trac (YC W16) Aims to Improve on the Stopwatch

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Post by griffinkelly » Tue, Mar 22, 2016, 8:57 PM UTC

Hey guys, Griffin from TRAC here. Happy to answer any questions I can--pretty busy with demo day going on right now.