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I looked up your comment since making this post. While I can agree that maybe criticizing these early stage startups might be a bit harsh, something about your
by IsaacL 17y ago
I looked up your comment since making this post. While I can agree that maybe criticizing these early stage startups might be a bit harsh, something about your comment resonated with me. There really seems to be a lack of impressiveness with many of the YC apps, in terms of solving technically hard problems. Maybe that's just a CS student's bias.
- lsc 17y agoisn't that true of most startups? There are a lot of business problems that can be solved by an (from a CS standpoint) uninteresting webapp. If you take one of those, you can focus on solving the business problem (a hard enough thing to get right by itself) without worrying too much about pushing the limits technically.
- adelevie 17y agohttp://www.currentlyobsessed.com/2010/03/13/sell-ice-cream-not-cream-and-ice/ http://www.currentlyobsessed.com/2010/03/13/sell-ice-cream-n... "I saw scrappy, analytical sales-oriented entrepreneurs without much technology or product but they had businesses that generate millions of dollars annually."