Y Combinator Demo Day Roundup

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Post by nextmoveone » Fri, Mar 14, 2008, 7:14 PM UTC

Y Combinator Demo Day Roundup
techcrunch.com

Re: Y Combinator Demo Day Roundup

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Post by ivankirigin » Fri, Mar 14, 2008, 7:28 PM UTC

The presentations were awesome. The total value of the tech in the room was huge.

Re: Y Combinator Demo Day Roundup

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Post by DarrenStuart » Fri, Mar 14, 2008, 7:44 PM UTC

ivankirigin wrote: post #2

The presentations were awesome. The total value of the tech in the room was huge.

is there any video of the presentations?

on paper some of these seem like hacker projects not startups so I would love to see how they see value in these startups.

Re: Y Combinator Demo Day Roundup

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Post by brett » Fri, Mar 14, 2008, 7:51 PM UTC

I was curious where they were hosted so I thought I'd share. The script is based on an old post by cperciva http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=65022.

  Slicehost LLC                   6
  	tipjoy.com
  	baseshield.com
  	mightyquiz.com
  	insoshi.com
  	stanfordturf.com
  	280slides.com
  Amazon.com, Inc.                4
  	8aweek.com
  	webmynd.com
  	deluux.com
  	wundrbar.com
  SoftLayer Technologies Inc.     3
  	snaptalent.com
  	chatterous.com
  	omnisio.com
  Peer 1 Network Inc.             2
  	rescuetime.com
  	addher.com
  HERAKLES LLC                    1
  	mixwit.com
  Hollywood Interactive, Inc.     1
  	yumdots.com

Re: Y Combinator Demo Day Roundup

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Post by fallentimes » Fri, Mar 14, 2008, 7:52 PM UTC

Not a lot of love in the techcrunch comments, but I guess that's to be expected.

Re: Y Combinator Demo Day Roundup

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Post by comatose_kid » Fri, Mar 14, 2008, 7:53 PM UTC

Many sound like good ideas, but I'm most intrigued by Deluux.

Re: Y Combinator Demo Day Roundup

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Post by hwork » Fri, Mar 14, 2008, 7:57 PM UTC

DarrenStuart wrote: post #3

ivankirigin wrote: post #2

The presentations were awesome. The total value of the tech in the room was huge.

is there any video of the presentations? on paper some of these seem like hacker projects not startups so I would love to see how they see value in these startups.

nope, no video from the event. i have some pictures i'll post at a point yet to be determined.

Re: Y Combinator Demo Day Roundup

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Post by startingup » Fri, Mar 14, 2008, 8:13 PM UTC

280Slides caught my attention - sounds like Zenter - The Sequel?

In fact, RescueTime & 8AWeek also sound awfully similar, don't they? This raises an interesting question. As number of YC companies increases, the chances of "collision" increases too. How is that handled?

Re: Y Combinator Demo Day Roundup

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Post by garbowza » Fri, Mar 14, 2008, 8:23 PM UTC

DarrenStuart wrote: post #3

ivankirigin wrote: post #2

The presentations were awesome. The total value of the tech in the room was huge.

is there any video of the presentations? on paper some of these seem like hacker projects not startups so I would love to see how they see value in these startups.

This is natural when you abide by "release early and iterate." Most of the companies 11 weeks old. When you release, you haven't yet implemented your entire vision. That takes much more time to develop internally and become obvious to outsiders. But the founders know that the first release is just the tip of the iceberg.

Re: Y Combinator Demo Day Roundup

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Post by ivankirigin » Fri, Mar 14, 2008, 8:36 PM UTC

DarrenStuart wrote: post #3

ivankirigin wrote: post #2

The presentations were awesome. The total value of the tech in the room was huge.

is there any video of the presentations? on paper some of these seem like hacker projects not startups so I would love to see how they see value in these startups.

There is pretty much not a single startup in this session that isn't directly attacking a large market or has plans to expand into a market orders of magnitude larger.

There isn't any video. If you're curious about one in particular, contact them. They're all stand up folks.