Today Is Y Combinator W13 Demo Day • Hacker News Board

Re: Today Is Y Combinator W13 Demo Day

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Post by johnrob » Tue, Mar 26, 2013, 5:21 PM UTC

gbelote wrote: post #29

swampthing wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

maybe wefunder can get in on the YCVC program :) all they need is ~$1m

Haha - maybe we'll do something like that for the next batch, we'll see! We do have a few batchmates on our platform, you can always create your own index and invest in all of them. :) (Unfortunately due to regulations we can't publicly say who they are, and viewing/investing is limited to accredited investors only... for now!)

I've been looking for the right place to ask for this very thing. There's no savvier investor than YC itself, and they allocate their money in a very specific and consistent manner: equally across all startups in a batch. Full coverage is more important than doubling down on a winner. For anyone with X to invest, it's hard to argue that investing X/n in all n YC startups is not the best approach.

Do it!

Re: Today Is Y Combinator W13 Demo Day

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Post by crapshoot101 » Tue, Mar 26, 2013, 5:34 PM UTC

dmor wrote: post #14

jkaljundi wrote: post #7

Wish https://angel.co/y-combinator had a better portfolio by batches.

I have been keeping an index of companies from the current batch as they launch, with short descriptions and web traffic stats. Right now 27 of the 47 companies have already publicly launched (mostly on TechCrunch). I will update this throughout the day: http://www.daniellemorrill.com/2013/03/preliminary-yc-index-...

Really helpful Danielle - thanks!

Re: Today Is Y Combinator W13 Demo Day

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Post by randall » Tue, Mar 26, 2013, 5:56 PM UTC

Good luck demo day startups!! I used to be behind the scenes, and it was always a nerve wracking time for me, so I figure if I times my nerves by 1000, that's what it would be like for the startups. :)

Re: Today Is Y Combinator W13 Demo Day

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Post by jareau » Tue, Mar 26, 2013, 6:00 PM UTC

rdl wrote: post #10

Kiro wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why?

The quality of the companies is quite good, even compared to S11, W12, S12. So, good investment opportunities, and even if you don't invest, I think it sets or exemplifies a lot of the greater trends in Silicon Valley. (I don't want to comment on the specific companies until after they present, though.)

Agree. Quality of ideas an founders was quite high this time around (my 3rd Alumni Day). General themes: marketplaces, kickstarter-derivatives, and big data. In general, lots of companies that have high probability of making money.

Re: Today Is Y Combinator W13 Demo Day

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Post by tptacek » Tue, Mar 26, 2013, 6:11 PM UTC

You stole the Computer History Museum from my kids today! They flew out from Chicago to see it!

We're picketing.

Re: Today Is Y Combinator W13 Demo Day

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Post by jcr » Tue, Mar 26, 2013, 6:59 PM UTC

tptacek wrote: post #35

You stole the Computer History Museum from my kids today! They flew out from Chicago to see it! We're picketing.

There's something wrong with this picture... You're trying to tell me an "Internet Famous" security pen tester is unable to get into the Computer History Museum?

Well, I made it in here. I showed up yesterday and locked myself inside a running CRAY overnight. The burns were worth it, but I still haven't managed to get out yet...

Re: Today Is Y Combinator W13 Demo Day

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Post by jedc » Tue, Mar 26, 2013, 7:32 PM UTC

jkaljundi wrote: post #7

Wish https://angel.co/y-combinator had a better portfolio by batches.

Check out my site: Seed-DB (http://www.seed-db.com). In addition to Y Combinator, I have data on 150+ accelerators around the world.

(YCList gets data from Seed-DB, for example)

Re: Today Is Y Combinator W13 Demo Day

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Post by jedc » Tue, Mar 26, 2013, 7:33 PM UTC

Fun fact; if you look at the robots.txt file for ycombinator.com, this page (dday.html) is the only one that's disallowed.

Re: Today Is Y Combinator W13 Demo Day

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Post by joshu » Wed, Mar 27, 2013, 4:47 AM UTC

jcr wrote: post #36

tptacek wrote: post #35

You stole the Computer History Museum from my kids today! They flew out from Chicago to see it! We're picketing.

There's something wrong with this picture... You're trying to tell me an "Internet Famous" security pen tester is unable to get into the Computer History Museum? Well, I made it in here. I showed up yesterday and locked myself inside a running CRAY overnight. The burns were worth it, but I still haven't managed to get out yet...

Inappropriate and creepy.

Re: Today Is Y Combinator W13 Demo Day

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Post by beambot » Wed, Mar 27, 2013, 4:54 AM UTC

rdl wrote: post #5

I saw these all during Alumni Demo Day last night, and if you're an investor, I would strongly suggest going to Demo Day this time.

:-( I don't think we met last night. Pity, I would've liked to meet the person behind "rdl". Perhaps we could meet sometime after DDay craziness dies down?