"Let's use a frat-boy's penis-pic sharing app to fund the next Silicon Valley Unicorn!"
Snapchat Pitch Competition
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#12The winner is the startup who can build a stable version of Snapchat that doesn't freeze, crash, or drain your phone on a regular basis.
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#13Guys, this isn't about finding a new funnel for YC to attract new companies, this is about entertainment. Look at the success of the startup podcast [1], which is very high on the itunes charts and not coincidentally just featured a very entertaining story about the early years of Justin.tv. People not involved in startups are very interested in how the whole startup scene works, and this is just another way to give them a glimpse into it.
Is this a good thing to do if you are a startup? Probably not. Any time you are spending preparing or participating in this event is time you aren't spending actually making your company better, not to mention how large a distraction it would be.
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#14Seriously? Does the VC world need such pointless gimmicks? Or is it a way to drive up SnapChat followers?
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#15"Let's use a frat-boy's penis-pic sharing app to fund the next Silicon Valley Unicorn!"
Despite any problems that might exist with this particular approach to evaluating venture capital opportunities, if you still think Snapchat is primarily about sharing racy photos, I'm sorry.
This is the way that nearly all of my (admittedly younger) friends communicate now. It has the media integration depth of all the other social media services, if not more, and the candidness of a casual conversation. There are few better ultra-modern user experiences for us.
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#16Have the naysayers actually watched Justin on Snapchat? There is quality content and everyone could learn a thing or two from him about marketing and consistent content creation. This is basically how JTV got traction and press. Also, regular YC apps require a video anyway so this fits well with the model they are used to.
Edit: Down votes have answered my question :O
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#17"Let's use a frat-boy's penis-pic sharing app to fund the next Silicon Valley Unicorn!"
While I agree with you to be funny the truth is Snapchat is the new, hip way many youngsters are communicating. Many celebrities and personalities are gaining huge followings on it and even generating revenue based on their audience.
Look at Gary Vee or really half the VCs / angels in silicon valley. They're all on it. It's huge!
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#18Apply HN, which was also an experiment from YC, just finished. The results were highly contested due to ambiguous rules and vote brigading. This experiment is doing the same thing , with a preselection process and communication medium with zero transparency . And the end result is a chance at an interview instead of guaranteed admission! This seems like an experiment that is quirky for the sake of being quirky. That…
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#19As an ardent snapchat user, I can tell you that there's this upcoming swell from the VC world to be "cool" on the app, mostly driven by Justin and Mark Suster. FWIW, I think we all need a little more entertainment in our daily lives ("why so serious?"), though this probably isn't the best expression of that. Then again, aren't we supposed to "disrupt" and "innovate" and "do shit that scares you" and all that jazz?
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#20"Let's use a frat-boy's penis-pic sharing app to fund the next Silicon Valley Unicorn!"
While I agree with you to be funny the truth is Snapchat is the new, hip way many youngsters are communicating. Many celebrities and personalities are gaining huge followings on it and even generating revenue based on their audience. Look at Gary Vee or really half the VCs / angels in silicon valley. They're all on it. It's huge!
The "Snapchat is for nudes!!!" joke is really an outsider thing. It really isn't used for those kinds of pics much more than text or even Facebook. Either way people will screenshot so it's the same as those two.