Voluntary List of YC W11 Submissions • Hacker News Board

Re: Voluntary List of YC W11 Submissions

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Post by jkalkbrenner » Tue, Nov 02, 2010, 11:31 PM UTC

kellyreid wrote: post #47

jkalkbrenner wrote: post #42

Sorry, seems there are too many destructive people. If you can find a way to control input, please let us know. We would be more than happy to provide input.

look at my comment above - the form version i put up should handle the destructive edit problem

Thanks. That worked.

Re: Voluntary List of YC W11 Submissions

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Post by alexl » Wed, Nov 03, 2010, 8:39 AM UTC

ig1 wrote: post #29

charlief wrote: post #25

YC applicants: In case there needs to be some explanation as to why to allow or discourage this, maybe we can give some explicit rationale here. Why did some of you guys share your submissions and how does it benefit you as a YC applicant? What problem is this solving? I could guess some of the reasons, satisfy curiosity, inspire, a sense of community, relieving some anxiety, exposing some common valuable information…

Why not disclose it ? Assuming you're not in stealth, it seems a reasonable way to get additional feedback and publicity for your startup.

Exactly. Especially since the vast majority of investors I asked replied "No! No! No! I can't... la la-la-la-la-la-la laa-laa la-la-la"

Just like in Eddie Izzard's Dress to Kill, if I may :)

Re: Voluntary List of YC W11 Submissions

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Post by alexl » Thu, Nov 04, 2010, 3:51 PM UTC

Has anybody received the rejection letter very soon after posting their submission in that table? I got it the next day. I don't even know if there were 24 hours between the two events :)

Re: Voluntary List of YC W11 Submissions

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Post by L1quid » Mon, Nov 08, 2010, 8:41 PM UTC

alexl wrote: post #49

leftnode wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is another similar service - http://camelcamelcamel.com/

I'm afraid I like Shopobot more. Camel is waaaaay too crowded, just like the myriad of other price aggregators. Just too much on the same page.

We're about to launch a new design that I hope solves this problem:

New product page: http://s3.amazonaws.com/scrnshots.com/screenshots/262877/new... http://s3.amazonaws.com/scrnshots.com/screenshots/262881/new...

Re: Voluntary List of YC W11 Submissions

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Post by accounts » Tue, Nov 09, 2010, 9:28 PM UTC

leftnode wrote: post #33

jdverni wrote: post #30

Shopobot looks sweet

Is another similar service - http://camelcamelcamel.com/

Camel was one of the first for Amazon shopobot just looks to be a copy of the same idea. Look at how much price history camel has. It goes back over 3 years for some stuff.