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I don't know about the stories of failures, but you can view the list of yc companies at http://yclist.com/ http://yclist.com/ it shows the status of some compa
by pedalpete 9y ago
I don't know about the stories of failures, but you can view the list of yc companies at http://yclist.com/ http://yclist.com/ it shows the status of some companies as Dead.
- Jaruzel 9y agoI don't really know much about how YC funding works, but some of the startups listed on there are for simple things like browser extensions, which surprises me.
- ayushgp 9y agoBrowser extensions can start out as very simple but quickly turn into very complex pieces of software. Have a look at postman(https://www.getpostman.com/ https://www.getpostman.com/) for example.
- jonny_eh 9y agoOr https://www.grammarly.com https://www.grammarly.com
- gordon_freeman 9y agoIt's a fallacy to think that just because a product is a browser extension it must be very low-tech easily-imitable app. I know there are some browser plugins that are quite sophisticated and have a complex programs in the backend. For example: Ad-blocker, LastPass, etc.
- rushabh 9y agoThis is a fascinating list. If you start from the bottom, you can see how few really survive a anything close to a decade. The "Dead" tag is not updated as a lot of the companies not marked are actually dead or never really took off. Shows that if you are on the YC rocketship, you either go big and get acquired or die out trying.
- tedmiston 9y agoYou can submit issues/PRs on GitHub for data that needs updated. https://github.com/linrock/yclist https://github.com/linrock/yclist