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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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Post by hyperpallium »

lancewiggs wrote: post #78
hyperpallium wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's curious there's no video, since they're already crop-dusting. Even searching on the internet didn't turn up anything. BTW "piker" is slang for giving up, not the best startup connotation! (though mightn't be widespread)

Parse that again - I'm not sure that they are actually cropdusting in New Zealand. I have not heard of anything here in NZ (where we don't call it cropdusting anyway), but who knows.

> Pyka has developed a placeholder business doing crop dusting in New Zealand. That helps it earn $600 per hour while logging the hours necessary to prepare for the human transportation market.

It depends on what "developed" means, but the next sentence seems to say they are currently earning $600 ph from it. I suppose it could be parsed to mean that a hypothetical "business" earns that.

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

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Post by bpicolo »

indescions_2017 wrote: post #97

On GameLynx: Gamedev studio targeting mobile device platforms with an emphasis on hardcore, competitive league style play. Backed by "one of the largest game companies in the world." Honor of Kings, Clash Royale, Vainglory, Hearthstone and Supercell's upcoming Brawl Stars create a crowded marketplace. Interested to hear what will differentiate GameLynx's game? How is it planning to innovate and compete? What is the s…

I'm somewhat surprised there's no demo/preview/marketing for any game yet. Seems like it would be hard to approach YC with "we want to make a game that makes tons of money", because there are a crazy amount of variables involved in that. Perhaps they applied with more info, but it's not public yet?

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

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Post by neuromancer2701 »

jelliclesfarm wrote: post #64

Modular Science - Outdoor farm robot. They pivoted from lab automation to outdoor farm bots? How? I applied to YC twice(unsuccefully) with the same idea. And I am a farmer. Just not a PhD from MIT. I would love to know they came up with that number. Really. Would love love love to know how..

email me, I am working on a outdoor rover. Hopefully for beyond organic farm products. http://openrover.com/ haven't finished updating the site from this summers project.

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

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Post by bpicolo »

boyce wrote: post #69
contingencies wrote: post #48

Feather seems very solid. If you guys want a China partner let me know. It's Ikea's fastest growing market.

Do you think? There are already plenty of companies in the UK at least that rent furniture and home electrical goods to people who can't afford it Are they bringing anything new to the party?

I think they're going for the convenience factor of full delivery/setup, which I think is more or less a distinguishing factor.

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

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Post by te_chris »

t0mbstone wrote: post #14

I find it interesting that "Honeydue" is in the list, when there are multiple free apps already in existence such as Buxfer and Splitwise that have already been available for years. Both Buxfer and Splitwise serve the exact same functions as Honeydue (splitting bills/expenses with room mates and/or partners), and both of them are free to use. Sadly, neither app has found a way to be all that profitable after all thes…

My partner and I merged our finances when we moved to London as we both essentially started at zero here. We use pocketsmith[0] to manage and keep track of everything. It's fantastic and has completely changed the way I look at money. It has a great cashflow view and good forecasting. I now never look at our account balances, as I know, from the cashflow view, that we're definitely earning more than we spend. So now I optimise for that. I highly recommend people check it out, it's a revelation once you get it all setup.

Looking at honeydue it looks like a sub-optimal alternative to pocketsmith.

I will say as well, the necessity of apps like venmo and these splitting apps to exist at all blows my mind having always lived in countries with functioning banking systems and fast, free electronic transfers.

[1] https://www.pocketsmith.com/

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

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Post by mattbrewsbytes »

indescions_2017 wrote: post #97

On GameLynx: Gamedev studio targeting mobile device platforms with an emphasis on hardcore, competitive league style play. Backed by "one of the largest game companies in the world." Honor of Kings, Clash Royale, Vainglory, Hearthstone and Supercell's upcoming Brawl Stars create a crowded marketplace. Interested to hear what will differentiate GameLynx's game? How is it planning to innovate and compete? What is the s…

A lot of those games make money by time-gating content with the option to buy your way past that. I don't think hardcore gamers like games with pay-to-play features. How can that be competitive if people can purchase their way past things?

If they aren't building the game platform that way (time gated content w/pay-to-play) then its hard to even compare against companies that make a fortune that way.

Also, hardcore gamers like to be in control. Mobile platforms don't have fine controls since they are touch based. Accidentally swipe or touch the screen the wrong way and game over.

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

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Post by dagw »

trcollinson wrote: post #9
esaym wrote: post #5

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?

I guess it depends very much on the company. If the company is doing something cutting edge in the web app space then it might be interesting. If, on the other hand, they're a robotics or biotech company then who cares if their home page is just a hosted WordPress site.

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

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Post by avs733 »

Lordarminius wrote: post #93
robinjfisher wrote: post #73

As I'm in the industry, my thoughts on some of the recruitment-related companies: 10 BY 10 - I don't get it. Their website says they are a contingency search firm with a value prop of having resumes filtered by people with domain knowledge before submission to clients. Also that they deliberately hit a low acceptance rate on resumes because they try to submit a diverse field of candidates. If the goal is to get the h…

70 Million Jobs featured Show HN recently. I recall an expert asking them to change the depressing picture on their website front page. Appears they did not take the advice. Such little things matter.

and as of right now, there website seems to be down

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

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Post by hood_syntax »

mattbrewsbytes wrote: post #106
indescions_2017 wrote: post #97

On GameLynx: Gamedev studio targeting mobile device platforms with an emphasis on hardcore, competitive league style play. Backed by "one of the largest game companies in the world." Honor of Kings, Clash Royale, Vainglory, Hearthstone and Supercell's upcoming Brawl Stars create a crowded marketplace. Interested to hear what will differentiate GameLynx's game? How is it planning to innovate and compete? What is the s…

A lot of those games make money by time-gating content with the option to buy your way past that. I don't think hardcore gamers like games with pay-to-play features. How can that be competitive if people can purchase their way past things? If they aren't building the game platform that way (time gated content w/pay-to-play) then its hard to even compare against companies that make a fortune that way. Also, hardcore g…

> I don't think hardcore gamers like games with pay-to-play features

They do not. They really do not. I, along with several of my friends, would easily be considered part of the "hardcore gaming" audience and everything I know of the people on the forums I frequent and the games I play points to the fact that dumping cash into a game in order to progress is just about the most despised trend in video games among that section of the gaming community. A lot of people will happily pay for cosmetic purchases to support the developers and have some extra fun, but anything affecting the balance of the game is a strict no-no.

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

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Post by hood_syntax »

dagw wrote: post #88
eps wrote: post #30

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 can't see how this can attract any of the quality games and devs. Humble Bundle consistently gets great, high quality games that they give away for basically free.

Most of those have already been through the initial sales period. It's mainly a way to gain additional revenue, not be the main avenue of money-making
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