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Re: The startup world, ranked and visualized

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Post by googletron » Fri, Apr 06, 2012, 4:47 AM UTC

Apple #11??

Re: The startup world, ranked and visualized

#32

Post by franze » Fri, Apr 06, 2012, 4:59 AM UTC

crunchbase is to the "start-up world"-metrics what alexa is to web-metrics.

Re: The startup world, ranked and visualized

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Post by bootload » Fri, Apr 06, 2012, 5:07 AM UTC

herdrick wrote: post #19

stevenj wrote: post #17

I like the interface design. Questions: Dave McClure at #3, Paul Graham at #943; whereas 500 Startups is at #41, and Y Combinator is at #15? Why is 500 Startups classified as a financial firm, whereas Y Combinator is classified as a company? Also, I'm surprised that Andreessen Horowitz is ranked #67 of financial firms (given that Marc Andreessen is ranked #14), and Elon Musk is #119 for people. I would have thought t…

Thanks! We like to keep it clean. In the data source, TechCrunch's Crunchbase, the influence of Paul Graham, Jessica Livingston, et al. is captured in YC the company, and Marc Andreessen is split between his personal identity and AH. So you get a lot of odd things like that. As for why YC got classified a company, who knows? It's accident of history. They should change it.

"... In the data source, TechCrunch's Crunchbase ..."

TechCrunch as a single data source. Are there any other sources used?

Re: The startup world, ranked and visualized

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Post by dbrush » Fri, Apr 06, 2012, 5:11 AM UTC

bootload wrote: post #33

herdrick wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks! We like to keep it clean. In the data source, TechCrunch's Crunchbase, the influence of Paul Graham, Jessica Livingston, et al. is captured in YC the company, and Marc Andreessen is split between his personal identity and AH. So you get a lot of odd things like that. As for why YC got classified a company, who knows? It's accident of history. They should change it.

"... In the data source, TechCrunch's Crunchbase ..." TechCrunch as a single data source. Are there any other sources used?

At the moment no. This was one dataset we used to get started but, we intend to incorporate data from Angel List and other sources as well.

Re: The startup world, ranked and visualized

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Post by drats » Fri, Apr 06, 2012, 5:13 AM UTC

joshbetz wrote: post #30

dmor wrote: post #27

Want to hustle? This is a great list to go through and familiarize yourself with these people, what they make, what they need, how you can help them, what you might ask them for if they ever offered to help you, etc. Great way to visualize Crunchbase, which is a great resource.

Except for the part where there are 10 companies ranked higher than Apple...

Given what this is ranking I am surprised they are so high, this has nothing to do with market cap, cash on hand or the devotion of fans.

Re: The startup world, ranked and visualized

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Post by aba_sababa » Fri, Apr 06, 2012, 5:21 AM UTC

This reminds me of an analysis I once did: https://github.com/astanway/Crunchbase-Network-Analysis

The data from Crunchbase is very, very dirty, but I managed to clean it up a lot. Feel free to fork if you want pre-built NetworkX graphs.

Re: The startup world, ranked and visualized

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Post by joshbetz » Fri, Apr 06, 2012, 5:27 AM UTC

drats wrote: post #35

joshbetz wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Except for the part where there are 10 companies ranked higher than Apple...

Given what this is ranking I am surprised they are so high, this has nothing to do with market cap, cash on hand or the devotion of fans.

What does it have to do with?

The 217,000 most important companies, financial firms, and people...

Re: The startup world, ranked and visualized

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Post by yariang » Fri, Apr 06, 2012, 5:44 AM UTC

joshbetz wrote: post #37

drats wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Given what this is ranking I am surprised they are so high, this has nothing to do with market cap, cash on hand or the devotion of fans.

What does it have to do with? The 217,000 most important companies, financial firms, and people...

Why did you stop there though?

"...in the startup world..."

In fact, I am surprised to see a lot of non-startup companies like Nokia listed quite highly.

Re: The startup world, ranked and visualized

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Post by bootload » Fri, Apr 06, 2012, 5:45 AM UTC

dbrush wrote: post #34

bootload wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"... In the data source, TechCrunch's Crunchbase ..." TechCrunch as a single data source. Are there any other sources used?

At the moment no. This was one dataset we used to get started but, we intend to incorporate data from Angel List and other sources as well.

"... This was one dataset we used to get started but, we intend to incorporate data from Angel List and other sources as well. ..."

Sooner the better, TechCrunch data is iffy ~ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bootload/2913315731/ though useful for a start point. Did you do a select on the companies to check for multiple listings?

http://www.crunchbase.com/company/y-combinator

http://www.crunchbase.com/company/ycombinator-4

http://www.crunchbase.com/company/y-combinator-2

Re: The startup world, ranked and visualized

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Post by herdrick » Fri, Apr 06, 2012, 6:01 AM UTC

yariang wrote: post #38

joshbetz wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What does it have to do with? The 217,000 most important companies, financial firms, and people...

Why did you stop there though? "...in the startup world..." In fact, I am surprised to see a lot of non-startup companies like Nokia listed quite highly.

Me too.