List of YC Companies • Hacker News Board

Re: List of YC Companies

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Post by lacker » Mon, Oct 18, 2010, 6:13 AM UTC

Alex3917 wrote: post #12

Speaking of this, anyone have any insight as to why LaunchHear.com has a page rank of zero despite being linked to by TechCrunch and a few other sites? Granted we aren't promoting the site right now because we're working on other parts of our business, but it annoys me because we haven't done anything that's even grey area, let alone in violation of Google's rules.

Hey Alex - email me if you want, I have good advice on this. Bacon Hot Sauce is going gangbusters by the way, hat tip to LaunchHear.

Re: List of YC Companies

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Post by SteveMorin » Mon, Oct 18, 2010, 6:15 AM UTC

This spreadsheet is followed a lot but does have a lot of missing and wrong information. You find them in YC and the other incubators as well.

Re: List of YC Companies

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Post by SteveMorin » Mon, Oct 18, 2010, 6:17 AM UTC

Does the app pull directly from the spreadsheet when there are updates?

Re: List of YC Companies

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Post by SteveMorin » Mon, Oct 18, 2010, 6:18 AM UTC

bfung wrote: post #27

what makes a company 'Dead'? buxfer might or might not fit into this category, the site is still up and functional, but it doesn't seem like it's actively maintained: http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/17/buxfers-founders-both-work-... http://getsatisfaction.com/buxfer/topics/is_buxfer_dead a simple yes/no from one of the founders would be simple enough.

I already asked, I didn't get a response, partially because I think buxfer was a interesting startup.

Re: List of YC Companies

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Post by lmx » Mon, Oct 18, 2010, 7:26 AM UTC

randomtask wrote: post #18

Looks like your sorting is buggy. Sorting by acquisition (high to low) puts GraffitiGeo ($750,000) at the top of the list. Still, good work. It's great to have a list like this. Would you consider adding in who the acquirer was?

Fixed the sorting issue. Thanks, I'll add in a column for acquirer next time I work on this.

Re: List of YC Companies

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Post by lmx » Mon, Oct 18, 2010, 7:31 AM UTC

SteveMorin wrote: post #53

Does the app pull directly from the spreadsheet when there are updates?

Not yet. I'll have to see what updates to expect first. Otherwise I risk breaking the site.

Re: List of YC Companies

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Post by SteveMorin » Mon, Oct 18, 2010, 3:44 PM UTC

lmx wrote: post #56

SteveMorin wrote: post #53

Does the app pull directly from the spreadsheet when there are updates?

Not yet. I'll have to see what updates to expect first. Otherwise I risk breaking the site.

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Re: List of YC Companies

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Post by ig1 » Mon, Oct 18, 2010, 8:42 PM UTC

portman wrote: post #50

pg wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We do have a custom database. What makes it hard to export data is that we have no representation of what info is public. The database knows only that e.g. startup x has raised a series A round, or has been acquired, but it doesn't know whether those things have been announced yet.

I believe the only dataset that YC needs to furnish is the official list of alumni. Follow-on rounds, exits, and current status can all be provided by the community. But there seems to be no authoritative dataset that shows which startups participated in YC. But from your comments, I'm guessing that some companies prefer that their mere involvement with YC not be disclosed at all, which makes this a harder task then…

There is a reliable source of YC alumni list from outside of YC, but I hesitate to mention it as it includes founders of startups that are still in stealth. If anyone needs the list PM me.

Although with a bit of thinking I'm sure most people can figure out where to get it from.