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Quora in the next YC batch

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Re: Quora in the next YC batch

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Post by toomuchtodo »

dude_abides wrote: post #11

Hard to imagine what's in it for Quora. - Network connections? Their CEO is the former CTO of Facebook. - Help with fundraising? They raised $80mm at $900mm valuation not more than a month ago. I strongly suspect Quora is planning a huge pivot which they feel is ambitious but doable in 3 months, and YC believes in the value of this pivot; that is the only plausible explanation I can think of.

Is there a webapp that lets us take/make bets on things like this? Not for money of course, but purely to gauge sentiment.

Re: Quora in the next YC batch

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Post by kkhire »

sama wrote: post #5
gkoberger wrote: post #2

I'd love to hear more about why. It makes sense for YC (and is probably being treated as a normal investment rather than "Adam filled out a YC application and did a 10 minute interview"), however I feel like it makes Quora seem weak.

Clearly makes a lot of sense for us :) I think the other companies in the batch will get a ton out of this. I'm hopeful Quora will too--as the YC community grows larger, we can help companies in lots of ways, including with things like hiring that are particularly important for later stage companies.

What do you think were the qualities that helped Quora rise above the many other similar Q&A websites? The layout and UI doesn't really seem too immersive.

Re: Quora in the next YC batch

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Post by prayag »

Will we see YC doing (specifically leading) later stage or growth stage rounds now? I think it's great though I do worry about signaling problem for companies who don't do later stage rounds with YC?

Re: Quora in the next YC batch

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Post by 3pt14159 »

Quora needs to change. I get the weekly emails that they make me double click to get though (the UI here is awful, but it doubles page views) and that is basically it.

They need to change, which is why I think YC is such a good fit for them. The deal was probably $1 for 0.1% or something like that. Mostly symbiotic relationship. Quora needs the reboot cred and YC likes shiny people.

Re: Quora in the next YC batch

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Post by jack-r-abbit »

hnnewguy wrote: post #18

Funny thing, I visited Quora today, for the first time in a while. Years, maybe: Googled something, Quora near top results, clicked link, "signup" nag screen, results blurred out, left page. I guess I still don't get it. Curious to see what this will be about.

I've never liked Quora. I guess to each their own but they always seemed like the 9gag of Q&A to me. Maybe I just don't "get it".

Re: Quora in the next YC batch

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Post by alain94040 »

hnnewguy wrote: post #18

Funny thing, I visited Quora today, for the first time in a while. Years, maybe: Googled something, Quora near top results, clicked link, "signup" nag screen, results blurred out, left page. I guess I still don't get it. Curious to see what this will be about.

I guess this will be interesting in light of yesterday's Founder Ethics post (http://ycombinator.com/founderethics/)

Re: Quora in the next YC batch

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Post by klochner »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #21
dude_abides wrote: post #11

Hard to imagine what's in it for Quora. - Network connections? Their CEO is the former CTO of Facebook. - Help with fundraising? They raised $80mm at $900mm valuation not more than a month ago. I strongly suspect Quora is planning a huge pivot which they feel is ambitious but doable in 3 months, and YC believes in the value of this pivot; that is the only plausible explanation I can think of.

Is there a webapp that lets us take/make bets on things like this? Not for money of course, but purely to gauge sentiment.

There's http://longbets.org/
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