Startups that launched at Y Combinator’s W19 Demo Day 1
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Startups that launched at Y Combinator’s W19 Demo Day 1
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Re: Startups that launched at Y Combinator’s W19 Demo Day 1
#2First, congrats to everyone launching.
Second, existential crisis time.
I clicked the link and saw "Here are the 85+ startups that launched at YC’s W19 Demo Day 1" and closed the tab.
These used to be some of my favorite articles every six months, kind of a view into what's coming next. But they felt digestible, with a few dozen startups featured each time.
Now it feels like a fire hose.
I'm not convinced there's going to be a YC circa 2007-2012 ever again, but I miss that. Probably not how the ecosystem works anymore.
As a disclaimer, I do take full responsibility for my turning 30 a few years ago and going through a darker, cynical period of burnout that has likely permanently affected my outlook on startups.
Re: Startups that launched at Y Combinator’s W19 Demo Day 1
#3> Bento Club: Customers pre-order food from a select set of restaurants, and Bento picks it up and brings all orders to a shared pickup spot within one block of the customer’s office.
Unless it's 10x cheaper, I don't see how this is any better than Uber eats, Doordash etc (that actually bring food to your door).
Re: Startups that launched at Y Combinator’s W19 Demo Day 1
#4First, congrats to everyone launching. Second, existential crisis time. I clicked the link and saw "Here are the 85+ startups that launched at YC’s W19 Demo Day 1" and closed the tab. These used to be some of my favorite articles every six months, kind of a view into what's coming next. But they felt digestible, with a few dozen startups featured each time. Now it feels like a fire hose. I'm not convinced there's goi…
What are you saying? YC should fund fewer companies so that the TechCrunch summary of demo day is shorter?
Re: Startups that launched at Y Combinator’s W19 Demo Day 1
#5First, congrats to everyone launching. Second, existential crisis time. I clicked the link and saw "Here are the 85+ startups that launched at YC’s W19 Demo Day 1" and closed the tab. These used to be some of my favorite articles every six months, kind of a view into what's coming next. But they felt digestible, with a few dozen startups featured each time. Now it feels like a fire hose. I'm not convinced there's goi…
What are you saying? YC should fund fewer companies so that the TechCrunch summary of demo day is shorter?
"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith."
Re: Startups that launched at Y Combinator’s W19 Demo Day 1
#6> Bento Club: Customers pre-order food from a select set of restaurants, and Bento picks it up and brings all orders to a shared pickup spot within one block of the customer’s office. Unless it's 10x cheaper, I don't see how this is any better than Uber eats, Doordash etc (that actually bring food to your door).
I think the competition is Eat Club, not any of those individual delivery services.
Re: Startups that launched at Y Combinator’s W19 Demo Day 1
#7First, congrats to everyone launching. Second, existential crisis time. I clicked the link and saw "Here are the 85+ startups that launched at YC’s W19 Demo Day 1" and closed the tab. These used to be some of my favorite articles every six months, kind of a view into what's coming next. But they felt digestible, with a few dozen startups featured each time. Now it feels like a fire hose. I'm not convinced there's goi…
What are you saying? YC should fund fewer companies so that the TechCrunch summary of demo day is shorter?
Nope, not in the least! YC should do whatever is best for them.
I'm saying (poorly) that I miss getting excited about new startups launching. This is probably more of a reflection of my own shift in perception than it is a statement on YC or incubators as a whole.
Re: Startups that launched at Y Combinator’s W19 Demo Day 1
#8First, congrats to everyone launching. Second, existential crisis time. I clicked the link and saw "Here are the 85+ startups that launched at YC’s W19 Demo Day 1" and closed the tab. These used to be some of my favorite articles every six months, kind of a view into what's coming next. But they felt digestible, with a few dozen startups featured each time. Now it feels like a fire hose. I'm not convinced there's goi…
What are you saying? YC should fund fewer companies so that the TechCrunch summary of demo day is shorter?
I think parent is commenting at the fact that everybody is just doing a startup just because they can. I somewhat agree, because I don’t see as many startups launching that provide a societal and economical utility like those in 2007-2012.
Like the u/giarc commented. What makes bento so different than all the food delivery services that came before it? There’s nothing unique about it.
Re: Startups that launched at Y Combinator’s W19 Demo Day 1
#9"VanGo: An on-demand ride service for getting your kids and teens around. The founders say that, because “moms trust other moms,” 85 percent of drivers on their service are moms and all of them are women."
Is that legal?
Re: Startups that launched at Y Combinator’s W19 Demo Day 1
#10Really impressed with this batch! These companies seem to be targeting a lot of really cool hard tech problems which is great to see.
In particular, a lot of super cool next-gen transportation: electric planes (Heart Aerospace), jetpacks/bikes (Jetpack Aviation), hydrofoil cargo ships (Boundary Layer Technologies). Also seems to be a big focus on India, China and Africa, and a big increase in the proportion of bio/med-tech companies. There are even two (2) companies turning CO2 into cool stuff (Prometheus turning it into gasoline and Saratoga Energy converting it into nanotubes).
Feeling very optimistic about the future and looking forward to reading what Day 2 has in store.
Bonus: seems to be a handful of Harry Potter themed company names (not counting Centaur of course).