Y Combinator Demo Day: The Ultimate Roundup

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Post by brendanlim » Wed, Aug 24, 2011, 5:32 AM UTC

Y Combinator Demo Day: The Ultimate Roundup
techcrunch.com

Re: Y Combinator Demo Day: The Ultimate Roundup

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Post by coderdude » Wed, Aug 24, 2011, 6:15 AM UTC

I wonder when exactly it was that TechCrunch was like, "wow, all we really need to do is write YC articles all day." They're playing this site like a violin.

Re: Y Combinator Demo Day: The Ultimate Roundup

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Post by zhyder » Wed, Aug 24, 2011, 6:55 AM UTC

My Picks for:

- Most likely to succeed in a big way: Parse

- Most interesting/clever (want it to succeed): Verbling

- Most scary (wary of it succeeding): Double Recall

Re: Y Combinator Demo Day: The Ultimate Roundup

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Post by prpon » Wed, Aug 24, 2011, 7:04 AM UTC

Quite a few of the companies mentioned have traction and that is pretty impressive.

I haven't seen anyone else say it but kicksend looks a lot like getcrate from sahil lavingia with facebook integration added to it.

Re: Y Combinator Demo Day: The Ultimate Roundup

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Post by greendestiny » Wed, Aug 24, 2011, 7:14 AM UTC

zhyder wrote: post #3

My Picks for: - Most likely to succeed in a big way: Parse - Most interesting/clever (want it to succeed): Verbling - Most scary (wary of it succeeding): Double Recall

I don't think Double Recall is as scary as the kind of ugly paywalls and interstitial ads a lot of news sites currently use. Although as a consumer I'd be bound to hit the close button on any site that used it, but that's the sites problem to try an optimise.

Re: Y Combinator Demo Day: The Ultimate Roundup

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Post by qasar » Wed, Aug 24, 2011, 7:18 AM UTC

The S11 demo day writes up are probably one of the best ways to get a sense of what the early stage ecosystem looks like right now. Its not a bad picture either. These are some great startups - mature and refreshingly diverse. It's a good time to be an entrepreneur in the valley.

Re: Y Combinator Demo Day: The Ultimate Roundup

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Post by cyberguppy » Wed, Aug 24, 2011, 7:33 AM UTC

MarketBrief sounds like a home run to me. If the product works as described it's a tremendous value proposition.

Re: Y Combinator Demo Day: The Ultimate Roundup

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Post by ayanb » Wed, Aug 24, 2011, 7:59 AM UTC

prpon wrote: post #4

Quite a few of the companies mentioned have traction and that is pretty impressive. I haven't seen anyone else say it but kicksend looks a lot like getcrate from sahil lavingia with facebook integration added to it.

Infact, traction could be one of the key drivers behind some of the companies getting selected into YC.

Re: Y Combinator Demo Day: The Ultimate Roundup

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Post by thisisfmu » Wed, Aug 24, 2011, 8:06 AM UTC

zhyder wrote: post #3

My Picks for: - Most likely to succeed in a big way: Parse - Most interesting/clever (want it to succeed): Verbling - Most scary (wary of it succeeding): Double Recall

Double Recall looks like one of the very few startups that would make the world a worse place if they succeed :(

Re: Y Combinator Demo Day: The Ultimate Roundup

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Post by thisisfmu » Wed, Aug 24, 2011, 8:09 AM UTC

greendestiny wrote: post #5

zhyder wrote: post #3

My Picks for: - Most likely to succeed in a big way: Parse - Most interesting/clever (want it to succeed): Verbling - Most scary (wary of it succeeding): Double Recall

I don't think Double Recall is as scary as the kind of ugly paywalls and interstitial ads a lot of news sites currently use. Although as a consumer I'd be bound to hit the close button on any site that used it, but that's the sites problem to try an optimise.

making me type advertiser-specified words on a mobile device to visit some site? terrible and easily worse than an interstitial.