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Ask HN: Data questions for YC?
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Re: Ask HN: Data questions for YC?
#12Do you collect data on start-ups that:
- Didn't get into YC, e.g. funding, exits - Didn't get into YC the first time but got into YC on a subsequent attempt
I'd love to see this data.
Re: Ask HN: Data questions for YC?
#13Do you collect data on start-ups that: - Didn't get into YC, e.g. funding, exits - Didn't get into YC the first time but got into YC on a subsequent attempt I'd love to see this data.
That's a good one. Yes, we do collect data on both of those.
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#14If there is already a prototype built: 1) What kind of usage numbers "look good"? 2) What kind of ROI on adwords campaigns (or whatever) "look good"? Or maybe it would be better to frame these as null-hypotheses: E.g. what makes an early adwords campaign look like the whole idea should be scrapped?
I doubt the failure of an Adwords campaign would factor much. It's so hot and miss with many industries
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#15Sam Altman recently tweeted that YC now has an AI to help partners review applications [1]. I'm curious what that AI does. Does it scrape data from the application to display it on the side (like downloads, revenue, MAU, etc). Does it compare an application with a similar YC company (that either failed or succeeded) such that a partner can make a correlation. I'm just shooting in the dark, and have no clue if it actu…
Wouldn't it be hilarious if their AI turned out to be a script that simply does a regexp match on the application of the lines of "/the (next)? (google|facebook|instagram|uber) (of \d+)?" to automatically reject it :)
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#16I'd love to see the distributions of the valuations/revenues/number of employees/etc. for YC all companies and per batch.
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#17Hey Jared, there are now startups that offer to detect customers that might churn before they do based on things like product usage data. I'd be curious to hear if YC has thought about an early detection system like this for startups it's funded that might be in need of some extra attention, based on the data it gets from founders. Could also be interesting to see if YC could predict a startup that's about to breakout in a systematic way.
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#18Sam Altman recently tweeted that YC now has an AI to help partners review applications [1]. I'm curious what that AI does. Does it scrape data from the application to display it on the side (like downloads, revenue, MAU, etc). Does it compare an application with a similar YC company (that either failed or succeeded) such that a partner can make a correlation. I'm just shooting in the dark, and have no clue if it actu…
Wouldn't it be hilarious if their AI turned out to be a script that simply does a regexp match on the application of the lines of "/the (next)? (google|facebook|instagram|uber) (of \d+)?" to automatically reject it :)
This is why I found it peculiar they chose to describe most F2 cos that way:
> Awesound - AdWords for podcasts
> Bulletin - Airbnb for Retail
> Müvr Labs - Fitbit for your knees
> Palaround - Tinder for private networks
> Sage - Uber for eldercare workers
> ...
https://blog.ycombinator.com/first-fellowship-virtual-demo-d...
Re: Ask HN: Data questions for YC?
#191. What are some data points that have proved to be "most" useful in evaluating the startups? From YC's experience. Hopefully rest of the startup community can contribute and add to this data set. 2. What are some data points YC wish it has in evaluating startups? This would be a very interesting discussion topic. It can be something that the startup community work on together as we move forward... to make the indust…
The biggest I've heard consistently from founders is 10% weekly growth (in whatever metric is important to you, like MAU, etc.) to be considered "the golden standard".
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#20How the percentage of startups that you accept varies by industry.
For example, there was a sneaker startup in the most recent batch, which was the first one admitted to YC (AFAIK), but probably not the first to apply.
I'd be curious to see if you had data over the past few batches to demonstrate trends like this space growing.