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Delicious Founder, AOL Exec Launch Hacker Angels

95 points by vladocar 16y ago

Aaronontheweb 16y ago
Y-Combinator, with 100% less funding! ;) In all seriousness, if these guys can actually find the time to reply to the avalanche of queries they're about to get, then more power to them for lending a hand where it's needed.
- deleted 16y ago
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- epi0Bauqu 16y ago
  Fire away...my Gmail is fast again.
  - iamelgringo 16y ago
    I can vouch for that. Gabriel's been great to talk to as I've had questions on buildling a financial news search engine out of http://Newsley.com http://Newsley.com .
- skmurphy 16y ago
  On http://www.hackerangels.com/ http://www.hackerangels.com/ they say: Let us know what you're looking for, and please include a prototype if at all possible. This is an informal association and not a fund. If inclined, we may provide feedback, advice, mentorship, hacking, investment and/or serve as advisors or independent board members, on an individual basis. Why do you assume 100% less funding? They have all had successful exits. It seems like an approach that's at least as flexible as YCombinator and perhaps better able to nurture over the long term.
  - Aaronontheweb 16y ago
    I was just teasing, captain serious.
joshu 16y ago
Wish they didn't put me first.
- wavesplash 16y ago
  You know how it goes in the press, the easy to recognize goes first in the headline. ;) Congrats mate. If I was still investing I'd join y'all.
  - pyre 16y ago
    I guess I shouldn't be so serious, but I would guess that more people know about AOL than delicious...
    - wavesplash 16y ago
      It's all about context. On RWW Start the startups with exits are the headline grabbers. Delicious carries much more clickthrough appeal/legitimacy than AOL. Always lead with a grabber.
makmanalp 16y ago
AOL? What do they do these days?
- iamelgringo 16y ago
  Only 56 million uniques a month and craploads of email users. http://www.quantcast.com/aol.com http://www.quantcast.com/aol.com
  - vital101 16y ago
    Interesting part of that graph is huge drop in uniques between March and April of 2010. Any context?
- fleaflicker 16y ago
  lots of online media, but most of it isn't branded 'aol'
obama123789 16y ago
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obama123789 16y ago
This is my very favorite a shopping site: http://wowcool.org http://wowcool.org The website wholesale for many kinds of fashion shoes, like the nike,jordan,prada,adidas, also including the jeans,shirts,bags,hat and the decorations. All the products are free shipping, and the the price is competitive, and also can accept paypal payment.,after the payment, can ship within short time. free shipping competitive price any size available they do wholesale and retail! All are extremely CHEAP: http://wowcool.org http://wowcool.org their products： jordan air max oakland raiders. Ed Hardy AF JUICY POLO Bikini. Christan Audigier BIKINI JACKET. gstar coogi evisu true jeans. coach chanel gucci LV handbags. coogi DG edhardy gucci t-shirts. CA edhardy vests.paul smith shoes. jordan dunk af1 max gucci shoes. EDhardy gucci ny New Era cap. coach okely Adidas CHANEL DG Sunglass. Worthy of my recommendation, go and see: http://wowcool.org http://wowcool.org
chris100 16y ago
I'm not sure what they expect exactly. On one hand, as a hacker myself, I like the idea. It's as free-form as possible. Which is exactly the right spirit of hacking: no forms to fill out, no rules and procedures. On the other hand, they are bound to end up with thousands of weird requests. Sorting through those will be a lot of work, in order to find a handful of gems, I'm afraid. But I hope it works out for them and trickles down to the entire hacker community.
replicatorblog 16y ago
I saw Roy Rodenstein speak at a BarCamp in Boston and chatted with him for a bit. Seems like a very cool guy. No ego, he had come off a successful exit and was just happy to share his wisdom with the audience. It is an interesting approach, kind of a twist on the old line "If you ask for money, you'll get advice. If you ask for advice, you'll get money." By not focusing on being a "fund" they will probably find a bunch of smart hackers working on interesting stuff who may not fully understand the commercial value of their projects, build trust and a working relationship, and ultimately find/help build good investment candidates.
- jasonlbaptiste 16y ago
  I was introduced to Roy about a month ago. Awesome guy with no ego and no agenda who just wants to help. He also took the time to understand the product and logic behind it, which is something few people do. Seriously it was a relief from the usual people we've been pitching lately. Combined with joshu, gabe, jim young, and jeff miller this is a real win for startups.

95 points by vladocar 16y ago

Y-Combinator, with 100% less funding! ;) In all seriousness, if these guys can actually find the time to reply to the avalanche of queries they're about to get, then more power to them for lending a hand where it's needed.

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epi0Bauqu 16y ago
Fire away...my Gmail is fast again.
- iamelgringo 16y ago
  I can vouch for that. Gabriel's been great to talk to as I've had questions on buildling a financial news search engine out of http://Newsley.com http://Newsley.com .
skmurphy 16y ago
On http://www.hackerangels.com/ http://www.hackerangels.com/ they say: Let us know what you're looking for, and please include a prototype if at all possible. This is an informal association and not a fund. If inclined, we may provide feedback, advice, mentorship, hacking, investment and/or serve as advisors or independent board members, on an individual basis. Why do you assume 100% less funding? They have all had successful exits. It seems like an approach that's at least as flexible as YCombinator and perhaps better able to nurture over the long term.
- Aaronontheweb 16y ago
  I was just teasing, captain serious.

joshu 16y ago

Wish they didn't put me first.

wavesplash 16y ago
You know how it goes in the press, the easy to recognize goes first in the headline. ;) Congrats mate. If I was still investing I'd join y'all.
- pyre 16y ago
  I guess I shouldn't be so serious, but I would guess that more people know about AOL than delicious...
  - wavesplash 16y ago
    It's all about context. On RWW Start the startups with exits are the headline grabbers. Delicious carries much more clickthrough appeal/legitimacy than AOL. Always lead with a grabber.

makmanalp 16y ago

AOL? What do they do these days?

iamelgringo 16y ago
Only 56 million uniques a month and craploads of email users. http://www.quantcast.com/aol.com http://www.quantcast.com/aol.com
- vital101 16y ago
  Interesting part of that graph is huge drop in uniques between March and April of 2010. Any context?
fleaflicker 16y ago
lots of online media, but most of it isn't branded 'aol'

obama123789 16y ago

This is my very favorite a shopping site: http://wowcool.org http://wowcool.org The website wholesale for many kinds of fashion shoes, like the nike,jordan,prada,adidas, also including the jeans,shirts,bags,hat and the decorations. All the products are free shipping, and the the price is competitive, and also can accept paypal payment.,after the payment, can ship within short time. free shipping competitive price any size available they do wholesale and retail! All are extremely CHEAP: http://wowcool.org http://wowcool.org their products： jordan air max oakland raiders. Ed Hardy AF JUICY POLO Bikini. Christan Audigier BIKINI JACKET. gstar coogi evisu true jeans. coach chanel gucci LV handbags. coogi DG edhardy gucci t-shirts. CA edhardy vests.paul smith shoes. jordan dunk af1 max gucci shoes. EDhardy gucci ny New Era cap. coach okely Adidas CHANEL DG Sunglass. Worthy of my recommendation, go and see: http://wowcool.org http://wowcool.org

obama123789 16y ago

chris100 16y ago

I'm not sure what they expect exactly. On one hand, as a hacker myself, I like the idea. It's as free-form as possible. Which is exactly the right spirit of hacking: no forms to fill out, no rules and procedures. On the other hand, they are bound to end up with thousands of weird requests. Sorting through those will be a lot of work, in order to find a handful of gems, I'm afraid. But I hope it works out for them and trickles down to the entire hacker community.

replicatorblog 16y ago

I saw Roy Rodenstein speak at a BarCamp in Boston and chatted with him for a bit. Seems like a very cool guy. No ego, he had come off a successful exit and was just happy to share his wisdom with the audience. It is an interesting approach, kind of a twist on the old line "If you ask for money, you'll get advice. If you ask for advice, you'll get money." By not focusing on being a "fund" they will probably find a bunch of smart hackers working on interesting stuff who may not fully understand the commercial value of their projects, build trust and a working relationship, and ultimately find/help build good investment candidates.

jasonlbaptiste 16y ago
I was introduced to Roy about a month ago. Awesome guy with no ego and no agenda who just wants to help. He also took the time to understand the product and logic behind it, which is something few people do. Seriously it was a relief from the usual people we've been pitching lately. Combined with joshu, gabe, jim young, and jeff miller this is a real win for startups.