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Re: Y Combinator Failed Startups

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Post by gkoberger »

I don't get the last section, where you just name 4-5 small "failed" startups. For most of them, you don't even have any real insights!

Why pick on them, for no reason? They didn't do anything unethical, and most didn't seem to even raise a Series A.

You have no clue why they failed; you just speculate... and you don't just name the companies, you call out random founders by name. These people put themselves out there and worked hard, and now they're going to get a Google Alert saying they're in a blog post called "Biggest Y Combinator Failed Startups."

Most YC companies don't work out. In my batch (5 years ago), about 80% are out of business now. That's okay! That's just how it works. I'm all for talking about failures, but it's weird you just pick on a few small random YC startups.

Re: Y Combinator Failed Startups

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Post by TimSchumann »

twmahna wrote: post #40
WoahNoun wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

After stealing HomeJoy's customer DB for another start-up, she is now a YC partner... Move fast and break things?

The person who was accused of "stealing customer data" was the other co-founder - not Adora (CEO & now YC partner). If you actually look into the details of the matter, what happened was that the co-founder acquired the failed company as it was put through a bankruptcy process. People who weren't privy to the process thought it was stealing when it really wasn't different from any other acquisition.

> The person who was accused of "stealing customer data" was the co-founder, not the CEO & now YC partner.

So, her brother?

Re: Y Combinator Failed Startups

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Post by WoahNoun »

twmahna wrote: post #40
WoahNoun wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

After stealing HomeJoy's customer DB for another start-up, she is now a YC partner... Move fast and break things?

The person who was accused of "stealing customer data" was the other co-founder - not Adora (CEO & now YC partner). If you actually look into the details of the matter, what happened was that the co-founder acquired the failed company as it was put through a bankruptcy process. People who weren't privy to the process thought it was stealing when it really wasn't different from any other acquisition.

My comment doesn't use the word CEO so I'm not sure what point you are making.

Re: Y Combinator Failed Startups

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Post by [deleted] »

WoahNoun wrote: post #45
twmahna wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The person who was accused of "stealing customer data" was the other co-founder - not Adora (CEO & now YC partner). If you actually look into the details of the matter, what happened was that the co-founder acquired the failed company as it was put through a bankruptcy process. People who weren't privy to the process thought it was stealing when it really wasn't different from any other acquisition.

My comment doesn't use the word CEO so I'm not sure what point you are making.

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Re: Y Combinator Failed Startups

#47

Post by jeromegv »

twmahna wrote: post #40
WoahNoun wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

After stealing HomeJoy's customer DB for another start-up, she is now a YC partner... Move fast and break things?

The person who was accused of "stealing customer data" was the other co-founder - not Adora (CEO & now YC partner). If you actually look into the details of the matter, what happened was that the co-founder acquired the failed company as it was put through a bankruptcy process. People who weren't privy to the process thought it was stealing when it really wasn't different from any other acquisition.

How can you say all that and not mention the fact that they are sibling? You make it sound like 2 separate person that have no relationship to each other. It looks like you have something to hide by just ignoring that big fact. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homejoy

Re: Y Combinator Failed Startups

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Post by ryanSrich »

This list feels wrong and incomplete. The startups at the end are completely random. If you included the full list of failed YC startups regardless of funding it would be hundreds deep. I don't understand what I just read.
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