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Companies from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day (Day 2)

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Re: Companies from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day (Day 2)

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Post by dvdhsu »

lettergram wrote: post #49
stereobit wrote: post #26

Retool sounds great. I've wasted so much of my time building internal tools that are relatively simple and are just a bunch of forms and always thought that finding an easy way to build internal tools is a massive market opportunity. But I wonder if it's even possible to create a one size fits all solution. Hope they find a way.

I doubt it's supposed to look like this: http://imgur.com/QIQiy9W Doesn't exactly give me confidence in their tooling.

Sure isn’t! I just loaded it on my computer and everything is fine. Can you open up dev tools and see what’s failing? We’re on cloudflare — maybe something weird happened there?

Re: Companies from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day (Day 2)

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Post by dvdhsu »

stereobit wrote: post #30
skummetmaelk wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sounds good, but there is no information about how it actually works. EDIT: They had a show HN post a couple of months ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14515494

Ah, that gives a bit background. The visual programming language sounds cool. Would love to play with it. About to set up a internal tool architecture and so far it looks like it's gonna be react toolkit + separate graphql endpoint.

What’s your email? I’ll shoot you a live demo!

Re: Companies from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day (Day 2)

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Post by stereobit »

dvdhsu wrote: post #62
stereobit wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ah, that gives a bit background. The visual programming language sounds cool. Would love to play with it. About to set up a internal tool architecture and so far it looks like it's gonna be react toolkit + separate graphql endpoint.

What’s your email? I’ll shoot you a live demo!

Sure thing, just pinged you an email to your profile addy.

Re: Companies from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day (Day 2)

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Post by rm2904 »

0bsidian wrote: post #32

I am a bit puzzled by OneLocal. It looks like it's a review generation / marketing automation / CRM solution for small businesses. Just off the top of my mind, i can think of the following venture backed companies that do the same (at least on the reviews / marketing for SMB front): - BirdEye - Podium.com - DemandForce - Signpost - Yodle - Womply - Broadly.com - Yext What am I missing?

Based on my understanding, YC doesn't invest in just one company in an industry. They invest in markets and founders. Because they are investing at an early stage, they choose to invest in multiple ones. Startups are tricky and it's really difficult to pick a winner early in a company's lifecycle.

Re: Companies from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day (Day 2)

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Post by CryoLogic »

Joboman555 wrote: post #48
wastedhours wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As much as I appreciate that's the VC model, perhaps less would fail if VCs didn't push for billions in revenue? The failure rate might be less than 9/10 if it wasn't "all or nothing"? Guessing it still wouldn't make enough home runs as an investment vehicle though?

Failure rate doesn't matter. 99% failure * 1B > 90% failure * 1M

That's assuming 90% failure when looking for sustainable businesses. There are some upcoming VC's which are doing well funding smaller companies. Momentum Ventures is one I know of.

Re: Companies from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day (Day 2)

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Post by _sentient »

Lordarminius wrote: post #25
WikipediasBad wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I always ask this myself. I think like you said, startups are so mainstream now that the traction bar is higher now. But the problem is that YC also seems to be getting less prestigious. As great as these companies are, I am sorry but I don't believe that 100+ a batch is the same YC as what started a decade ago. YC is now a factor, not a family.

> I don't believe that 100+ a batch is the same YC as what started a decade ago. YC is now a factor, not a family. You are not wrong. The batches are of noticeably lower quality. I wont name names out of respect for the founders obviously, but you certainly have to wonder if some have been chosen solely based on their touting the latest cool tech buzzword in their application. My opinion also is that YC has moved fro…

"These new batches have crazy traction compared to earlier cohorts" ... "These new batches are of noticeably lower quality"

"YC isn't taking any risk" ... "Nuclear fusion / quantum computing / _insert_moonshot_here_ is dumb and will never work"

Lol

Re: Companies from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day (Day 2)

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Post by purple-again »

slikq wrote: post #2

I was expecting Slik[1] to be on this list. Anyone know why it was not included? There were quite a few articles about this company since it was founded by a 15 year old and a 16 year old [2]. There was also a WSJ article[3] today though I did not read it since it's paywalled. Anyway to read the article? [1] https://blog.ycombinator.com/get-automated-leads-from-a-data... [2] http://betakit.com/slik-ais-founder-the-yo…

I'm curious how the crowd around here feels about the ethics of this company. This is a website where we all regularly talk to each other in myname @ the google domain specifically to avoid to spammers picking up our email accounts and bothering us.

Re: Companies from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day (Day 2)

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Post by Gargoyle »

bruceb wrote: post #5

What's the difference between Flowspace ( AWS for warehousing) and already existing Flexe ?

Do these companies let existing sublease their own space on say a seasonal basis. Some companies need lots of space in their own buildings at certain times of the year and not others. Limited time subleasing seems like it could be a win.

Re: Companies from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day (Day 2)

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Post by elmar »

elmar wrote: post #15
slikq wrote: post #2

I was expecting Slik[1] to be on this list. Anyone know why it was not included? There were quite a few articles about this company since it was founded by a 15 year old and a 16 year old [2]. There was also a WSJ article[3] today though I did not read it since it's paywalled. Anyway to read the article? [1] https://blog.ycombinator.com/get-automated-leads-from-a-data... [2] http://betakit.com/slik-ais-founder-the-yo…

> this company since it was founded by a 15 year old and a 16 year old Great to see such young entrepreneurs, who is the CEO? even in Delaware I think you must be over 18.

Show HN: Slik Prospector – Find Anyone's Email (slik.ai) by wilozxc 288 days ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12899814

Re: Companies from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day (Day 2)

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Post by Gargoyle »

giarc wrote: post #50

I think there is definitely a market for OneLocal[0]. I've been renovating my house lately and dealing with trades is a mess. I had a few very reputable AC guys come in and quote on installing a unit. After they left there was no follow up whatsoever... no email, no text, no call, not even automated stuff. If OneLocal could solve that problem they could probably help SMBs convert more customers. 0- http://info.oneloc…

I did some work for a company doing this for home improvement contractors back...geez, it must have been a decade ago. The problem is they don't respond to middlemen like this any more than they do end customers. It's a lot of work to manage them, even just on the customer relationship side of their business.
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