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Y Combinator Demo Day Roundup

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Re: Y Combinator Demo Day Roundup

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Post by bootload »

DarrenStuart wrote: post #3
ivankirigin wrote: post #2

The presentations were awesome. The total value of the tech in the room was huge.

is there any video of the presentations? on paper some of these seem like hacker projects not startups so I would love to see how they see value in these startups.

"... is there any video of the presentations? ..."

Asked of previous demo days, and the standard answer has been "no" - probably due to companies not yet ready for release. I thought the purpose of demo day was to allow VC's a sneek look at the latest YC recruits not a general public launch.

Re: Y Combinator Demo Day Roundup

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Post by bootload »

pg wrote: post #27
cperciva wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My favorite is TipJoy I like the basic principle of aggregating micropayments, but I think TipJoy going to be very limited until people can actually get money out (which of course means that TipJoy has to deal with the regulatory issues). So far they've accumulated $1531.54 in tips (assuming their website is up to date), which means that their 3% cut adds up to a grand total of $45.95... which isn't going to make any…

You can't tell much from the numbers of a startup this young. They've generated more revenue than Google had at the same age.

"... They've generated more revenue than Google had at the same age ..."

But that's not a really good comparison especially if Tipjoy is dealing directly in money while google was search. Having said that, maybe Tipjoy is onto something because the last micro-payment startup to do something interesting was paypal which started 10 years ago.

Re: Y Combinator Demo Day Roundup

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Post by lanceusa »

Quote: MightyQuiz ...The site is very sticky: the average session lasts 8 minutes (or 19 questions). As a comparison, the founders claim that Slate has an average session length of 4:22 and Wired has 3:34.

Are 3-8 minute sessions any indication of success? My site gets over 10 minutes right now.

Re: Y Combinator Demo Day Roundup

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Post by emmett »

sharpshoot wrote: post #39
SwellJoe wrote: post #30

If I were a betting man, SnapTalent would be the first I'd put coin on. I didn't actually think much of it (and, in fact, I think when I first talked to them early in Winter08 they didn't even have any useful code written yet...but maybe I'm misremembering), until they'd actually launched. It really looks great, though--a perfect way to handle the tech jobs market, which is a HUGE industry in and of itself. Monster a…

Hey Joe, Thanks for the comments. We're starting out in tech but will be moving to other verticals eventually. The other key advantage we have is that as the web's traffic is more international and as we add advertisers from different countries we can serve Ip targeted ads on the same publishers and be extremely local at the same time. We have a global and pretty ambitious vision - its how hotjobs started, we're aimi…

I was putting myself in the mindset of someone looking for a job, and I was extremely disappointed after viewing both awesome snaptalent ads that I could not click "Browse more". I wanted to see all your listings.

Re: Y Combinator Demo Day Roundup

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Post by nextmoveone »

pg wrote: post #27
cperciva wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My favorite is TipJoy I like the basic principle of aggregating micropayments, but I think TipJoy going to be very limited until people can actually get money out (which of course means that TipJoy has to deal with the regulatory issues). So far they've accumulated $1531.54 in tips (assuming their website is up to date), which means that their 3% cut adds up to a grand total of $45.95... which isn't going to make any…

You can't tell much from the numbers of a startup this young. They've generated more revenue than Google had at the same age.

That's a faulty comparison, the playing field was TOTALLY different when Google started.

Re: Y Combinator Demo Day Roundup

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Post by ivankirigin »

nextmoveone wrote: post #45
pg wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can't tell much from the numbers of a startup this young. They've generated more revenue than Google had at the same age.

That's a faulty comparison, the playing field was TOTALLY different when Google started.

When google started, no one thought you could make money from search. Pretty much everyone agrees you can make a great deal of money from micropayments if you can make them work.

Re: Y Combinator Demo Day Roundup

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Post by nextmoveone »

ivankirigin wrote: post #46
nextmoveone wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's a faulty comparison, the playing field was TOTALLY different when Google started.

When google started, no one thought you could make money from search. Pretty much everyone agrees you can make a great deal of money from micropayments if you can make them work.

I'm not saying micro payments wont work, I'm simply saying when Google started there were not NEARLY as many internet users as today, so it's definitely A LOT easier to grow a user base/become profitable online now then it was before.

Re: Y Combinator Demo Day Roundup

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Post by smhinsey »

emmett wrote: post #44
sharpshoot wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hey Joe, Thanks for the comments. We're starting out in tech but will be moving to other verticals eventually. The other key advantage we have is that as the web's traffic is more international and as we add advertisers from different countries we can serve Ip targeted ads on the same publishers and be extremely local at the same time. We have a global and pretty ambitious vision - its how hotjobs started, we're aimi…

I was putting myself in the mindset of someone looking for a job, and I was extremely disappointed after viewing both awesome snaptalent ads that I could not click "Browse more". I wanted to see all your listings.

I've been thinking the same thing for awhile. Initially I had just chalked it up to a browser issue since I'm running webkit nightlies. This seems like a pretty easy thing to remedy though.
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