Which Y Combinator company would you fund?

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Post by dmillerconj » Wed, Mar 23, 2011, 4:08 AM UTC

Which Y Combinator company would you fund?
asoftwarestartupguy.com

Re: Which Y Combinator company would you fund?

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Post by netcan » Wed, Mar 23, 2011, 4:29 AM UTC

lanyrd.com - I know nothing about any of them, but I like the idea.

Re: Which Y Combinator company would you fund?

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Post by kapitalx » Wed, Mar 23, 2011, 4:33 AM UTC

This list (allthingsd list) isn't complete. I'm not sure if there is a reason why some are missing, so I won't spill any names.

Re: Which Y Combinator company would you fund?

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Post by rwar » Wed, Mar 23, 2011, 4:36 AM UTC

moki.tv - It takes the best of all worlds (Netflix, Amazon, iTunes, Hulu, etc.) with respect to online video and spins it with IMDB and Facebook.

Re: Which Y Combinator company would you fund?

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Post by rwar » Wed, Mar 23, 2011, 4:37 AM UTC

kapitalx wrote: post #3

This list (allthingsd list) isn't complete. I'm not sure if there is a reason why some are missing, so I won't spill any names.

Theres another HN article with a more complete list, http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2356941

Re: Which Y Combinator company would you fund?

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Post by benologist » Wed, Mar 23, 2011, 4:38 AM UTC

AppHarbor. I can't wait till I've got some spare time to go play with what they're doing. I suspect they're going to be ridiculously big even if .NET isn't very popular in these parts.

Re: Which Y Combinator company would you fund?

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Post by rdl » Wed, Mar 23, 2011, 5:08 AM UTC

benologist wrote: post #6

AppHarbor. I can't wait till I've got some spare time to go play with what they're doing. I suspect they're going to be ridiculously big even if .NET isn't very popular in these parts.

What is the reason to use them vs. Microsoft Azure? (I know very little about .Net, Azure, or AppHarbor, but Microsoft seems to position Azure as the .Net hosting solution). I agree that if that isn't the case, they're the top of this YC batch; otherwise idk.

Re: Which Y Combinator company would you fund?

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Post by jkincaid » Wed, Mar 23, 2011, 5:16 AM UTC

kapitalx wrote: post #3

This list (allthingsd list) isn't complete. I'm not sure if there is a reason why some are missing, so I won't spill any names.

The other companies were "off the record". This is journalist lingo for stuff you can't write about. It's an agreement between YC and the press in attendance that they won't write about companies that don't want to be 'outed' as being part of YC (or haven't announced their existence at all).

Sure, someone could go and write about those companies anyway, but they wouldn't be invited back.

Re: Which Y Combinator company would you fund?

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Post by DFectuoso » Wed, Mar 23, 2011, 5:33 AM UTC

Maybe convore? I am not sure, they sure got a interesting community

Re: Which Y Combinator company would you fund?

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Post by michaelfairley » Wed, Mar 23, 2011, 5:54 AM UTC

rdl wrote: post #7

benologist wrote: post #6

AppHarbor. I can't wait till I've got some spare time to go play with what they're doing. I suspect they're going to be ridiculously big even if .NET isn't very popular in these parts.

What is the reason to use them vs. Microsoft Azure? (I know very little about .Net, Azure, or AppHarbor, but Microsoft seems to position Azure as the .Net hosting solution). I agree that if that isn't the case, they're the top of this YC batch; otherwise idk.

(Not knowing much about .NET myself, I can only repeat what they said in their pitch). They apparently use a standard stack, whereas Azure runs on a heavily customized stack that requires extra work to make a standard .NET app run on it. Think Django vs. Django on AppEngine.