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Startups that launched at Y Combinator’s S18 Demo Day 2

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Re: Startups that launched at Y Combinator’s S18 Demo Day 2

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I have been reading YC lists for so many years. And this list has set a record for number of facepalms. Companies like Papa are stuff of nightmares. While others like AnchorUSD, SparkSwap etc seem like an attempt to ride a wave which was been gone for long.

Re: Startups that launched at Y Combinator’s S18 Demo Day 2

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I can barely read a list of 60 new start-ups without melting my mind. The names and value props turn into soup after about 20. I can't imagine being there, making decisions about all 60 and then coming back repeating for a second day!

Does demo day work for the audience?

Re: Startups that launched at Y Combinator’s S18 Demo Day 2

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I can barely read a list of 60 new start-ups without melting my mind. The names and value props turn into soup after about 20. I can't imagine being there, making decisions about all 60 and then coming back repeating for a second day! Does demo day work for the audience?

Some end up perhaps getting too much investor interest, while others not even 1.

Re: Startups that launched at Y Combinator’s S18 Demo Day 2

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Anima seems really cool and ambitious; modernizing design code seems like an obvious necessity and next step to modernize workflows in the front-end.

My prediction would be that, if successful, this would empower designers and commoditize front end developers (or optimistically, let them focus on more complex logic)

Good luck to the team.

Re: Startups that launched at Y Combinator’s S18 Demo Day 2

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post #5

I have been reading YC lists for so many years. And this list has set a record for number of facepalms. Companies like Papa are stuff of nightmares. While others like AnchorUSD, SparkSwap etc seem like an attempt to ride a wave which was been gone for long.

Read yesterday's list as well! I have always been following YC batches and to me it seemed this Day-1 was excellent.
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