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Re: Startups that debuted at Y Combinator W17 Demo Day 2

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Post by huancle »

anilgulecha wrote: post #48
huancle wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At Peer5, our customers are the broadcasters who operate streaming services throughout the world. The users are theirs, not ours, and it is up to the broadcasters to decide how they want to message / roll-out p2p services. Some choose to opt people in by default and allow them to opt out. Others choose the opposite approach. Our job is to give our customers the tools they need to create and enforce whatever business…

Sure, and ad-networks asked sites to use their solutions appropriately on the users browsers. You're giving your customers tools to abuse the internet commons. You should be called out for it. Afterall your revenue is an exact function of user's bandwidth. Quoting from your pricing page: > "Only data delivered via P2P counts against your plan."

You can always opt out my friend. The problem we're trying to solve is a real consumer issue - there is no shortage of stories in the press about how poorly the streaming services perform, especially during the largest events (Superbowl, new eps of Game of Thrones, etc). And this is only the beginning of the streaming revolution.

Re: Startups that debuted at Y Combinator W17 Demo Day 2

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Post by einarvollset »

anilgulecha wrote: post #48
huancle wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At Peer5, our customers are the broadcasters who operate streaming services throughout the world. The users are theirs, not ours, and it is up to the broadcasters to decide how they want to message / roll-out p2p services. Some choose to opt people in by default and allow them to opt out. Others choose the opposite approach. Our job is to give our customers the tools they need to create and enforce whatever business…

Sure, and ad-networks asked sites to use their solutions appropriately on the users browsers. You're giving your customers tools to abuse the internet commons. You should be called out for it. Afterall your revenue is an exact function of user's bandwidth. Quoting from your pricing page: > "Only data delivered via P2P counts against your plan."

By this logic, torrents are destroying the internet commons: this is basically running torrents in the users browser, but for content that they are legally allowed to consume. I think you need to step of your hobby horse here.

Re: Startups that debuted at Y Combinator W17 Demo Day 2

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Post by huancle »

sillysaurus3 wrote: post #50
huancle wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At Peer5, our customers are the broadcasters who operate streaming services throughout the world. The users are theirs, not ours, and it is up to the broadcasters to decide how they want to message / roll-out p2p services. Some choose to opt people in by default and allow them to opt out. Others choose the opposite approach. Our job is to give our customers the tools they need to create and enforce whatever business…

Consider these scenarios: 1. A user visits a website, sees a video player, and watches a video. 2. A user visits a website, sees an article, and reads it. There may be some confusion about whether your technology will still force Scenario #2's user into your P2P network, and use their bandwidth. I'd argue that Scenario #1 is legit for your purposes, but not #2. Are there any steps that can be taken to prevent sneaky…

With Peer5, Scenario #2 will never happen. Only users who are watching the same video (from the same broadcaster) will participate in p2p sharing.

Re: Startups that debuted at Y Combinator W17 Demo Day 2

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Post by anilgulecha »

einarvollset wrote: post #52
anilgulecha wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sure, and ad-networks asked sites to use their solutions appropriately on the users browsers. You're giving your customers tools to abuse the internet commons. You should be called out for it. Afterall your revenue is an exact function of user's bandwidth. Quoting from your pricing page: > "Only data delivered via P2P counts against your plan."

By this logic, torrents are destroying the internet commons: this is basically running torrents in the users browser, but for content that they are legally allowed to consume. I think you need to step of your hobby horse here.

Torrent users opt-in, by adding the magnetlink/torrent into the app.

Re: Startups that debuted at Y Combinator W17 Demo Day 2

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Post by anilgulecha »

huancle wrote: post #51
anilgulecha wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sure, and ad-networks asked sites to use their solutions appropriately on the users browsers. You're giving your customers tools to abuse the internet commons. You should be called out for it. Afterall your revenue is an exact function of user's bandwidth. Quoting from your pricing page: > "Only data delivered via P2P counts against your plan."

You can always opt out my friend. The problem we're trying to solve is a real consumer issue - there is no shortage of stories in the press about how poorly the streaming services perform, especially during the largest events (Superbowl, new eps of Game of Thrones, etc). And this is only the beginning of the streaming revolution.

I'm sorry if this is the case, and I missed it. Can you please link to the information on how to opt-out?

Re: Startups that debuted at Y Combinator W17 Demo Day 2

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Post by 1ba9115454 »

"Wright Electric hired a team that had been previously funded by NASA to investigate the potential for electric planes, which its co-founder Jeff Engler says puts the startup years ahead of the competition."

Airbus already have an electric prop engine fully tested as well as experience building prop planes with traditional fuel engines. So to say Wright is years ahead is misleading.

Re: Startups that debuted at Y Combinator W17 Demo Day 2

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Post by yurylifshits »

pilingual wrote: post #23
_m8fo wrote: post #20

I wish you could bet on the odds of some of these succeeding in 3 years or so. Someone should start a startup that does this and get into Y Combinator to be super meta. random commentary below: * FloydHub – Heroku for deep learning * It's unlikely in my eyes that a company with enough data worth doing deep learning for is going to outsource the actual model building. I'd be interested to hear counter examples. * Tetr…

I had the idea for upcall several years ago around the time a similar enterprise service that went through YC (elasticsales?) was starting up. So I am biased but it is a good idea. Sales and marketing is about targeting the appropriate customer so no one on either end wants to waste time. Spam would be calling everyone and hope someone buys what you are selling. So upcall is great for B2B startups without a budget fo…

Elastic Sales has pivoted to a CRM solution http://close.io.

Re: Startups that debuted at Y Combinator W17 Demo Day 2

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Post by lurkervizzle »

justinzollars wrote: post #47

I will get down voted for this but its how I feel. I have not been excited for an app or a new website in a very long time. I think we are in a rut. None of these ideas sound very interesting or exciting to me.

I think this is more a result of the increase in acceptance of entrepreneurship as a career option. Adding to the list of predictors of a tech correction, when you have a bunch of investment bankers and management consultants coming into consulting, you know you've peaked.

I have to wonder, what's the catchet of YCombinator when you have so many new startups being churned out every quarter? YC is always going to be fine - they get their 7%. They're simply increasing the bandwidth and they'll get a few hits, but we should be prepared for the average quality of YC start-ups to fall with volume.

Re: Startups that debuted at Y Combinator W17 Demo Day 2

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Post by gkop »

mintplant wrote: post #25

As podcasts become bigger and bigger I've been afraid of something like Breaker succeeding. Thanks to RSS/Atom it's currently a very open medium. Anyone can start putting out content and I can consume it on any device and app I choose, download episodes for on-the-go and offline listening, transfer the files easily between devices—even to "dumb" MP3 players that never had an app ecosystem—and move my subscriptions ar…

Isn't it just a matter of time?
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