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What's it like being a non-profit in Y Combinator?

41 points by BenjaminTodd 11y ago

jczhang 11y ago
"We decided to focus on online content rather than coaching." Color me not surprised haha (given its a YC company that moved to Mountain View). But I hope they are working on ideas that can really replace or improve the value of an actual human coach. Career coaching has to be really complex in today's changing environment.
ecesena 11y ago
Can you say something on how do you measure reading time? What is the length of your content? Do you measure 100% only, or also partial reads? Having 50k+ users in July means about 12.5k in the last week, that for 170h reading is 49s reading/user on avg. Do I read it correctly?
- robertwiblin 11y ago
  It should be 170h per day over the last week, so more like 6 minutes each visitor.
  - ecesena 11y ago
    Ops, misread, sorry. Anyway, I wasn't criticizing the number itself, I just wanted to understand more about the measurement process.
studentrob 11y ago
"We’ve coached over 200 people, written over 300 articles, and worked with academics at Oxford, to figure out how to have the greatest social impact through your career. The answers aren’t what you’d first think – you don’t have to work at a charity and we won’t tell you to follow your passion." I'm not sure that's great advice if you don't recommend working on what they enjoy and believe in.. Is there more to it? Also, reading your site's articles on mobile is pretty annoying with that drop down that sometimes does or doesn't cover the top of the screen. I like to be able to scroll up or down to reread.
- BenjaminTodd 11y ago
  Try reading the career guide: https://80000hours.org/career-guide/basics/ https://80000hours.org/career-guide/basics/ I agree that's an issue - we're working on better mobile optimisation.
  - studentrob 11y ago
    Got it. Have you ever met anyone from dosomething.org? They work with kids under 25 who want to have a social impact. Many go on to start their own non profits. Maybe you can hook up your networks. I used to work there

41 points by BenjaminTodd 11y ago

"We decided to focus on online content rather than coaching." Color me not surprised haha (given its a YC company that moved to Mountain View). But I hope they are working on ideas that can really replace or improve the value of an actual human coach. Career coaching has to be really complex in today's changing environment.

ecesena 11y ago

Can you say something on how do you measure reading time? What is the length of your content? Do you measure 100% only, or also partial reads? Having 50k+ users in July means about 12.5k in the last week, that for 170h reading is 49s reading/user on avg. Do I read it correctly?

robertwiblin 11y ago
It should be 170h per day over the last week, so more like 6 minutes each visitor.
- ecesena 11y ago
  Ops, misread, sorry. Anyway, I wasn't criticizing the number itself, I just wanted to understand more about the measurement process.

studentrob 11y ago

"We’ve coached over 200 people, written over 300 articles, and worked with academics at Oxford, to figure out how to have the greatest social impact through your career. The answers aren’t what you’d first think – you don’t have to work at a charity and we won’t tell you to follow your passion." I'm not sure that's great advice if you don't recommend working on what they enjoy and believe in.. Is there more to it? Also, reading your site's articles on mobile is pretty annoying with that drop down that sometimes does or doesn't cover the top of the screen. I like to be able to scroll up or down to reread.

BenjaminTodd 11y ago
Try reading the career guide: https://80000hours.org/career-guide/basics/ https://80000hours.org/career-guide/basics/ I agree that's an issue - we're working on better mobile optimisation.
- studentrob 11y ago
  Got it. Have you ever met anyone from dosomething.org? They work with kids under 25 who want to have a social impact. Many go on to start their own non profits. Maybe you can hook up your networks. I used to work there