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All 50 startups from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day 1

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Re: All 50 startups from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day 1

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Gopher is a poorly chosen name for a platform - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_(protocol) Dropleaf (Netflix for indie games) - at $10/mo for a 50-game bundle I can't see how this can attract any of the quality games and devs.

I thought the same thing - FTP. I suppose we're all aging ourselves if we immediately think of that.

Re: All 50 startups from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day 1

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Relationship Hero is hilarious to me. We're going to solve the unpredictability of human relationships with a "light-weight" solution. Oh and we assume no responsibility for the advice given or the actions you take. Luckily no one reads the ToS and it's a huge market - everyone has relationship problems. So they'll make millions because most of the population isn't rational enough to understand that at a base-level t…

>the endless sea of video chat experts websites wasn't enough

This is what annoys me about the current "innovation" worshiping cult. Everybody just takes a already existent idea and changes just a simple variable. "Uber/Airbnb of X" style of thinking should just be put to rest forever. This is obviously happening because our current way of thinking is a mistake in itself. Everything should be modular and Jef Raskin was a proponent of this idea unfortunately nobody took him seriously enough.

I should be able to use a search application that lists to me every available expert, click the link, and then have a modular app skype/whatsapp/telegram blend in my workspace or open and be able to chat with that said expert.

Speaking of search engines every website should index they're own content and those indexes be categorized in blocks and linked to a central repository that then can be coupled with searching algorithms and users should be able to connect to that central repository and query it like a public library of the internet. Goodbye Google!!

Another thing if find annoying is paywalls. What if I go to Netflix and I just want to watch a just a specific movie or episodes without having to pay a membership fee. Let's say that Netflix has "Pirates of the Caribbean" and just want to click that video and stream it for 0.9 cents with not login in features and my ISP provider to add that payment to my utility bill. No Paypal/ApplePay/Google Wallet! Is it that hard to innovate in those way?

Re: All 50 startups from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day 1

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Relationship Hero is hilarious to me. We're going to solve the unpredictability of human relationships with a "light-weight" solution. Oh and we assume no responsibility for the advice given or the actions you take. Luckily no one reads the ToS and it's a huge market - everyone has relationship problems. So they'll make millions because most of the population isn't rational enough to understand that at a base-level t…

>the endless sea of video chat experts websites wasn't enough This is what annoys me about the current "innovation" worshiping cult. Everybody just takes a already existent idea and changes just a simple variable. "Uber/Airbnb of X" style of thinking should just be put to rest forever. This is obviously happening because our current way of thinking is a mistake in itself. Everything should be modular and Jef Raskin w…

The reason people don't do that is because VCs can't fund that. Disintermediating or removing the middle man means "you can't make money from this". Well your shares don't have value anyway, you as an individual might make some money though.

VCs tried to fund a bunch of dreamers decentralizing and modularizing everything in their blockchain apps. Many organizations conduct ICOs or token sales so they are able to secure funding in their one-time revenue event, and bring the product to the world. Is it a panacea? Nah. It is very Machiavellian and we'll see this evolve very quickly into something more efficient. But we aren't stuck in the limitations that require companies to become the same toll-taking middlemen as before.

Re: All 50 startups from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day 1

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Relationship Hero is hilarious to me. We're going to solve the unpredictability of human relationships with a "light-weight" solution. Oh and we assume no responsibility for the advice given or the actions you take. Luckily no one reads the ToS and it's a huge market - everyone has relationship problems. So they'll make millions because most of the population isn't rational enough to understand that at a base-level t…

What we really need is a relationship advice app that treats the root causes of relationships problems:

1) Tells kids they should go to the gym instead of learning to code

2) Career change for optimal male to female ratio

3) Gets you fired so that you can spend more time with your family

4) Alarm when you've had too much/too little coffee

Any app that doesn't address these issues is purely for entertainment value

Re: All 50 startups from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day 1

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Founder of PullRequest here: To be clear: $136,000, not $136mm. Typo on article.

Gotcha! Thanks for clarifying; that makes a lot more sense. Congrats on the revenue and best of luck growing the company.

I bet that typo gets them a lot of extra attention from investors. Even if they immediately correct them, at the very least they've got their attention to start a conversation.

Re: All 50 startups from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day 1

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Wish we had a list of what they are all using on the front and back ends.

Although I think that might be interesting, would it actually be valuable? Serious question honestly, what would that do for us? How would we use that data?

Probably highlight some interesting bits and pieces in relation to the whole "use boring tech" vs "use bleeding edge tech" argument that so many people seem to make.

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Relationship Hero is hilarious to me. We're going to solve the unpredictability of human relationships with a "light-weight" solution. Oh and we assume no responsibility for the advice given or the actions you take. Luckily no one reads the ToS and it's a huge market - everyone has relationship problems. So they'll make millions because most of the population isn't rational enough to understand that at a base-level t…

>the endless sea of video chat experts websites wasn't enough This is what annoys me about the current "innovation" worshiping cult. Everybody just takes a already existent idea and changes just a simple variable. "Uber/Airbnb of X" style of thinking should just be put to rest forever. This is obviously happening because our current way of thinking is a mistake in itself. Everything should be modular and Jef Raskin w…

You want a lot of people to do a lot of work that benefits you and pay them little to nothing.

Re: All 50 startups from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day 1

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D-ID seems to me quite interesting, if only because their interests are directly opposed to those of several governments.

It's a shame they don't seem to offer a 1-click "buy now" alternative, but I imagine the process might be too time-intensive for that.

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