How the Biggest YC Companies Got Started • Hacker News Board

Re: How the Biggest YC Companies Got Started

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Post by AndrewWarner » Thu, Mar 26, 2015, 7:47 PM UTC

sushid wrote: post #6

AndrewWarner wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What don't you like about it? Say more. I'm open to your feedback.

It might a combination of these few things: 1. Only a single interview 2. No interviews with actual YC-backed founders 3. Has a spamwall 4. Has a bunch of audio ads at the start Edit: Andrew has addressed all four issues almost immediately. I believe that my fourth issue was just me making a frivolous point. My initial impression was that there were no interviews at the moment (besides the one with Jessica Livingston…

1. Only a single interview

>> I might have explained it wrong. It's multiple interviews. (After reading your comment, I made a change to the text above the email box.)

2. No interviews with actual YC-backed founders

>> I'm sending my interviews with the founders of Airbnb, TwitchTV, inDinero and other YC-backed companies.

3. Has a spamwall

>> I would never spam you. I'm not an anonymous internet guy. Many people from HN have been to my house for dinner of the office for a drink. If I ever spammed, I could never look them in the eye.

4. Has a bunch of audio ads at the start

>> You're right. I'll ask my editor what it would cost to have the ads edited out of all my old interviews. If someone here has a suggestion for how to do it, let me know. It might be too expensive to do to over 1000 interviews, but you're right and it's something I should explore.

Re: How the Biggest YC Companies Got Started

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Post by raldi » Thu, Mar 26, 2015, 7:52 PM UTC

AndrewWarner wrote: post #9

garry wrote: post #8

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Andrew has spent a lot of time and energy compiling this reference. I don't think it is unreasonable for him to get an email address in exchange. We all love free content but we frankly are not entitled to it.

Thanks Garry. My goal is to give people 1 interview at a time and see if they listen to more interviews than if I give them 10 at once. I went with email because it was easier than the other options.

Have you considered adding a tip jar, or a for-pay, instant-access-to-any-interview option?

Re: How the Biggest YC Companies Got Started

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Post by AndrewWarner » Thu, Mar 26, 2015, 7:52 PM UTC

Raldi, I made a change in response to your comment: "I think it would be a lot more ethical if you presented it openly as such, right from the start. For example, the big button at the bottom of the page could say, "Subscribe to our interview-of-the-week series!""

The button is changed. It didn't occur to me that people would think that this wasn't coming via email over time. I guess I was too close to this project.

Re: How the Biggest YC Companies Got Started

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Post by raldi » Thu, Mar 26, 2015, 7:53 PM UTC

AndrewWarner wrote: post #13

Raldi, I made a change in response to your comment: "I think it would be a lot more ethical if you presented it openly as such, right from the start. For example, the big button at the bottom of the page could say, "Subscribe to our interview-of-the-week series!"" The button is changed. It didn't occur to me that people would think that this wasn't coming via email over time. I guess I was too close to this project.

Thanks! I've edited my comment.