Why You Always Read About Y Combinator Startups on TechCrunch
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Re: Why You Always Read About Y Combinator Startups on TechCrunch
#2I don't really buy this for a number of reasons, which is not to say that YC companies don't do exclusives with TC, but the author makes it sound way too shady.
Re: Why You Always Read About Y Combinator Startups on TechCrunch
#3This is absolute B.S. I work for an online tech pub (The Industry Standard), and we have also attended YC events and reported on YC startups. There was never any restrictions on the timing of our reports other than what individual YC-funded entrepreneurs (not YC!) requested.
I believe that PG and JL have enough on their plates without having to micromanage press coverage to give Techcrunch this sort of edge -- they seem to be much more interested in simply introducing press to founders, and letting the two parties take it from there.
Re: Why You Always Read About Y Combinator Startups on TechCrunch
#4What is worse than politics on Hacker News? Bad technology drama.
On Lisp is fucking awesome and that will never change.
Re: Why You Always Read About Y Combinator Startups on TechCrunch
#5Investor calls up press contacts for their portfolio companies, news at 11.
Re: Why You Always Read About Y Combinator Startups on TechCrunch
#6There's no "formal agreement," because we don't have the power to dictate to startups we fund how they should deal with the press. We tell them, as I would tell any founder, that it is good to be covered in TC, and TC is generally willing to write about them, because they know YC is a genuinely good source of leads. Each one of these startups has already been selected from among many applicants.
Re: Why You Always Read About Y Combinator Startups on TechCrunch
#7its simple really, Arrington trusts PG's judgement on what is a good or a bad startup, so he covers them so that he can be one of the first ones to cover the next reddit
Re: Why You Always Read About Y Combinator Startups on TechCrunch
#8Investor calls up press contacts for their portfolio companies, news at 11.
Hilarious - reminds me of Ric Romero.
Re: Why You Always Read About Y Combinator Startups on TechCrunch
#9The answer is simple. It is the same reason why most of you here automatically vote for anything posted by PG to Hacker news :)
Re: Why You Always Read About Y Combinator Startups on TechCrunch
#10link. bait. for. failed. website.