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Who are the Y Combinator Companies? (Summer 2006)
- brianbreslin 16y agowasn't there a goog spreadsheet floating around with all the exits of all the yc, techstars, etc startups?
- seltzered 16y agowell, there was this blog post last year: http://blog.awesomezombie.com/2009/12/analyzing-y-combinator.html http://blog.awesomezombie.com/2009/12/analyzing-y-combinator...
- sachinag 16y agoAsk and ye shall receive: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AkkhSN3vaY4jdF90b1l1Vnl5NmZjaTBNQWlJYVozMEE&hl=en#gid=20 https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AkkhSN3vaY4jdF90b1l...
- revolvingcur 16y agoTo save you the trouble, of the websites listed: Pollground now redirects to SodaHead. Xobni is still alive and kicking. The rest are either parked, dead, or offline.
- pg 16y agoScribd, Xobni, and OMGPOP were the ones that made it big from that batch. Jamglue did well too, till they were shut down by legal threats. And while JumpChat didn't last long, founder John Resig later became well known as the creator of jQuery.
- andrewljohnson 16y agoSorry paul... didn't mean to downvote you. Do you own a smartphone?
- jackowayed 16y agoHe doesn't because he's too addicted to the Internet as it is, so the last thing he needs is to have access to it at all times. He likens smartphones to hip flasks. Unless that's changed since he wrote that in an essay/HN comment/etc. I do wonder if at some point they'll become so ubiquitous--and so many YC applicants and companies will be focused on smartphones--that he'll feel he has to to get one so that he can better judge the value of companies focused on mobile and give them advice.
- andrewljohnson 16y agoGood final graph. Hopefully that will convince him to fix this site. It's become too much a testament to how little design matters, and the point is now counterpoint.
- Zev 16y agoI do wonder if at some point they'll become so ubiquitous--and so many YC applicants and companies will be focused on smartphones--that he'll feel he has to to get one so that he can better judge the value of companies focused on mobile and give them advice. It is possible to own a smartphone but not use it as your primary phone. For example: I have an iPhone 4 that I use specifically for development purposes. I've made a grand total of one phone call with it; to cancel the contract.
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- csomar 16y agoI think the lesson here is to keep away from social media crap. They generally don't work, either make it big or die (and certainly 99.99% would die). For example, what's the point LikeBetter? I think it can be built as a side-project, a simple App and not a startup. Also the monetization would be little hard. (Ads don't pay any more). However, Xobni happens to provide something useful that businesses need. They have a clear monetization strategy (sell a product) And they seem to be doing well and they have some jobs openings.
- points 16y ago> "Ads don't pay any more" That's a bit of a generalization. They pay well for me :)
- benologist 16y agoAds don't pay if ads = slap adsense on a page and pray. They still support plenty of sites, companies and even some corporations.