> Massive, multiplayer video game technology meets the indoor cycling community.
So that's how episode 2 of Black Mirror started.
Startups that have just raised their first big institutional round
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#12No matter if the predictions are correct or not. This is an clever way to look for startups to join as an early employee (if you want to do that is a different discussion).
@creator: i would also include the next round afterwards for more risk aware people. Alternatively you could look into size of funding vs team size.
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#13Wow...$1499.00 for a „tea infuser with advanced algorithms“ (Teforia). I love my Darjeeling tea very much...but...not sure if that much...
It's the solid academic background you're paying for.
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#14I'm happy to introduce you all to Yodas Hyper - a list of silicon valley startups that are about to grow fast. Working with hundreds of fellow developers we discovered a common trend: There are many talented individuals with deep desire to make a significant impact but struggle with how to put their desires into action. A common theme is the openness to take a small risk for an exciting mission and take a meaningful…
I don't like the San Francisco-only bend. Your title is "Smart Career Bot for Developers," it doesn't mention anything about how location-specific it is (same with the name of this HN thread). Not everyone can relocate and there are plenty of hyper-growth startups worth promotion that are not in SV (Boston, New York, Austin, LA come to mind).
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#15How does Verse differ from Venmo? I'm sure there's something substantial (due to the ~10MM in funding) but I couldn't find it. Edit: just found it - it's pretty much the same thing but targeting the European market because Venmo hasn't expanded there.
I'm sure there's something substantial (due to the ~10MM in funding)
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#16Wow...$1499.00 for a „tea infuser with advanced algorithms“ (Teforia). I love my Darjeeling tea very much...but...not sure if that much...
Kind of shocking that the tea startup is the first result... after waiting for like 10 seconds for 20 entries to load.
Hmm, let me check this tea thing out... 10 clicks later... $1499! Yikes! Uh, it doesn't even come with an emoji touchbar, 4 usb-c ports, or anything.
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#17Wow...$1499.00 for a „tea infuser with advanced algorithms“ (Teforia). I love my Darjeeling tea very much...but...not sure if that much...
Might make more sense for a boutique tea shop than personal use. see: espresso machines, starbuck's drip coffee maker.
Edit: it makes a single cup at a time. I was incorrect.
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
Interesting! How does it work behind the scenes? How do you discover new companies?
That's a great question. The relatively easy part is to find who recently raised money and we do it mostly through monitoring the press and limiting what we present only to companies that fit the criteria. Behind the scenes we do much more complex stuff in order to evaluate the companies and a hint for that can be seen in the badges below the company description. In essence, we built search engine that profiles compa…
Do you have a way to backtest the algorithm? Would be interesting to be able to verify accuracy without needing to wait 1-2 years (or whatever the time period meant by "about to go into hyper growth").
The reason I ask is I tend to be pretty cautious about these types of predictors of "business success" given that VCs nor research teams ("Good to Great" by Jim Collins) don't exactly have a strong track record.
An interesting test would be to make it time bound and run it on something like Clinkle circa late 2013.
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#19I'm happy to introduce you all to Yodas Hyper - a list of silicon valley startups that are about to grow fast. Working with hundreds of fellow developers we discovered a common trend: There are many talented individuals with deep desire to make a significant impact but struggle with how to put their desires into action. A common theme is the openness to take a small risk for an exciting mission and take a meaningful…
Any way to look at other areas? The Bay Area is a decent place to find startups, but it's not a strong quality indicator. Or maybe it is! I'd still like to see the data on it, and I'd still like to see you consider anywhere else on earth in addition to the Bay Area regardless of the data.
Maybe a business query service would be a better fit, on further thought.
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#20> Massive, multiplayer video game technology meets the indoor cycling community. So that's how episode 2 of Black Mirror started.
:)