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Re: Why we made this site

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Post by whatsreal » Wed, Feb 21, 2007, 6:18 AM UTC

jdroid wrote: post #3

You've filled a hole reddit was starting to dig(g) in my life. Thanks!

HaHa! Yes thank you Paul, I was just about to swear off of Reddit for good, and this is the tipping point. I will probably still visit there to get my inane fun for the day, but I wont spend time looking through 4-5 pages of backlogs for the good articles.

Re: Why we made this site

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Post by ced » Wed, Feb 21, 2007, 9:08 AM UTC

Since community-building is part of the goal of this site, could you include an optional "location" field in the profile? I'm interested in getting in touch personally with other people in my area.

Re: Why we made this site

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Post by volida » Wed, Feb 21, 2007, 10:19 AM UTC

I up-voted a comment by mistake and there doesn't seem to be a way to remove my vote. One of the main reasons I was visiting Reddit in the beggining, was the high probability to find start-up articles and a place for discussion. So, this site is defenetely going to be my new point of reference, and for lots of others too.

Re: Why we made this site

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Post by sharpshoot » Wed, Feb 21, 2007, 2:51 PM UTC

timg wrote: post #8

To take over the world? Well this will help out y-combinator and the whole startup community for sure.

Why don;t you make this invite only - if it truly reflects the values of Y's and their friends who are starting up why not do that. That way you preserve the signal to noise ratio. I'm only on here cos Kulveer and Harj are doing Y combinator - meaning that other UK young entrepreneurs who are good can get on it.

Re: Why we made this site

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Post by Zak » Wed, Feb 21, 2007, 3:56 PM UTC

sharpshoot wrote: post #14

timg wrote: post #8

To take over the world? Well this will help out y-combinator and the whole startup community for sure.

Why don;t you make this invite only - if it truly reflects the values of Y's and their friends who are starting up why not do that. That way you preserve the signal to noise ratio. I'm only on here cos Kulveer and Harj are doing Y combinator - meaning that other UK young entrepreneurs who are good can get on it.

I think the purpose of this site is (partially) to get a better idea of who to invite to things like Startup School and YC interviews. Making it invite only would be contrary to that goal. I think the S/N ratio will stay pretty high simply due to the nature of the people YC attracts.

Re: Why we made this site

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Post by jpedrosa » Wed, Feb 21, 2007, 4:32 PM UTC

Fairly awesome! Thanks for the unique resource. If I could I probably would like to put most of these links in my personal bookmark. Nice interface. Nice change. It's good to hear that Arc is coming along also. :-)

Re: Why we made this site

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Post by jng » Wed, Feb 21, 2007, 5:28 PM UTC

Just a little bit of graphic design wouldn't hurt, really. In any case, congratulations on the launch and I'm sure it will become an interesting hub.

Re: Why we made this site

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Post by jhenzie » Wed, Feb 21, 2007, 6:47 PM UTC

Paul, can we play with arc, go on, please, you know you want us to really, go on mate, have a heart.

Re: Why we made this site

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Post by pg » Wed, Feb 21, 2007, 7:18 PM UTC

sharpshoot wrote: post #14

timg wrote: post #8

To take over the world? Well this will help out y-combinator and the whole startup community for sure.

Why don;t you make this invite only - if it truly reflects the values of Y's and their friends who are starting up why not do that. That way you preserve the signal to noise ratio. I'm only on here cos Kulveer and Harj are doing Y combinator - meaning that other UK young entrepreneurs who are good can get on it.

Making the site invite-only would be the opposite of what we want. One of the goals of this site is to discover smart people we might not otherwise notice when they apply for funding. Doing things through connections works well in the VC world. Because of the large investments they make, they're more conservative. But in the seed funding business you need to be aggressively democratic.

Re: Why we made this site

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Post by pg » Wed, Feb 21, 2007, 7:21 PM UTC

jng wrote: post #17

Just a little bit of graphic design wouldn't hurt, really. In any case, congratulations on the launch and I'm sure it will become an interesting hub.

Yeah, I know. The site is at least simple and functional, but we should (and will) make it look better soon.