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Quora at Summer 2014 Demo Day could be really interesting.
My first thought was would there be additional pressure to be awesome? Having already raised $141 million they're worth more than all the other companies there put together times ten.
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.
Quora gains a large number of connections, possible companies to fund/buyout, a network of founders to answer questions, complimentary services, and some prestige.
YC gains a larger network, another large(ish) player in the tech industry, and potentially some money from an investment.
OR
Perhaps YC put something like $8mm into Quora for a slice of the pie, but I'm guessing the first one.
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.
Or perhaps YC is the one making the pivot? :)
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Thank you! I need to do some sort of HackerNews/Long Bets mashup for 1-click betting.
I'd be down to help you in making that.
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.
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 have tried visiting the site directly and am rarely able to find content as stimulating as the links they send in the digest emails.
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To remove that & avoid logging in / registering, just add "?share=1" to the end of the URL.
But most normal people won't know how to do this.
I really don't understand why people give quora a free pass on this when expertsexchange was nuked by the rest of the online community for inventing these tactics.
They sure aren't happy enough with where they are or heading to; still they know they need help to change ways.
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.
I wonder if YC is not taking any stake (or a very small stake) in Quora. They do not really need it, perhaps it's just beneficial for both parties. Quora gains a large number of connections, possible companies to fund/buyout, a network of founders to answer questions, complimentary services, and some prestige. YC gains a larger network, another large(ish) player in the tech industry, and potentially some money from a…