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Re: Early Photos of Y Combinator

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Post by staunch »

pg wrote: post #46
ayanb wrote: post #5

"It will never work" is such a killer name for a possible cult classic on Investing and Entrepreneurship.

Here's a clearer shot. Anyone who wants is free to use it for motivational posters or whatever: http://ycombinator.com/images/itwillneverwork.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Ktufl.jpg

Got him on my wall staring down at me now. More intimidating than I thought. I feel the urge to yell back at him.

Re: Early Photos of Y Combinator

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Post by 2005applicant »

I will own up to being in one of the groups listed on the whiteboard.

I am pretty sure we were described as "VOIP OFFENSIVE LINEMAN". Or at least I hope that is what was written behind to describe us.

Me and a co-founder were rather large and were actual offensive lineman. The third co-founder was a running back.

We weren't selected (rightfully so). Maybe we should have bulked up the running back before the interview. :)

Re: Early Photos of Y Combinator

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Post by 2005applicant »

philwelch wrote: post #37

I want to know who the "VoIP Offensive Linemen" are. Actually, a lot of the nicknames on that board are pretty funny, and for the most part would make great band names.

Haha one of the lineman is me, although I was only 6' 250 lbs at the time. A co-founder also was one. He was about 6'3 280 lbs. The third co-founder was actually a running back and wrestler, so he was only 5'8 165 lbs or so.

Re: Early Photos of Y Combinator

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Post by 2005applicant »

angilly wrote: post #55
philwelch wrote: post #37

I want to know who the "VoIP Offensive Linemen" are. Actually, a lot of the nicknames on that board are pretty funny, and for the most part would make great band names.

Wow. I was one of them. That's hilarious.

We even ate pizza and beer after the interview. Haha.

Re: Early Photos of Y Combinator

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Post by angilly »

2005applicant wrote: post #54
philwelch wrote: post #37

I want to know who the "VoIP Offensive Linemen" are. Actually, a lot of the nicknames on that board are pretty funny, and for the most part would make great band names.

Haha one of the lineman is me, although I was only 6' 250 lbs at the time. A co-founder also was one. He was about 6'3 280 lbs. The third co-founder was actually a running back and wrestler, so he was only 5'8 165 lbs or so.

6'5 dude. And in 2005... yeah I was easily still pushing 275. :)

Re: Early Photos of Y Combinator

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Post by kn0thing »

jedc wrote: post #49
trobertson wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

According to yclist.com (which is both unofficial and outdated), that first batch was Reddit, Infogami, Kiko, Loopt, ClickFacts, and Firecrawl.

Also Simmery and Memamp. According to my notes, Infogami ended up merging with Reddit as well as one persome from Memamp. Firecrawl became TextPayMe which was acquired by Amazon. Kiko sold on eBay after Google Calendar launched. Details here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AkkhSN3vaY4jdF9...

Yep. Steve & I asked Chris (from memamp) to join the team not long after we moved in with him at the end of the summer. We acquired infogami in January of 2006.
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