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Ask HN: What is your favorite YC startup?

9 points by sahillavingia 16y ago

Based on any factor(s) you want. :)

wensing 16y ago
Sorry, I have to choose multiple for various reasons: AirBnB, because it appears to be immensely profitable and those guys worked hard in some very creative, unorthodox ways to get it going. Justin.TV, because the founders have always been nice, helpful, and approachable with me whenever I've needed advice/help/insights. Directed Edge, because wheels is wheels.
staunch 16y ago
Dropbox. They have an awesome product and it generates a lot of revenue. I believe they will be the first mega exit for YC. At least $100M and probably closer to The Big B.
- larrykubin 16y ago
  I'll throw in my vote for Dropbox. I use it every day and still remember seeing the first post about it: Dropbox - Throw away your USB drive http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 I watched the video and immediately got what it was about, knew I needed it, and knew it would be a hit.
  - marcamillion 16y ago
    I still remember that day too, except I saw the story on Digg's front page. It had about 12K digs and the video was pretty Epic. I, too, had that feeling that wow...this is gonna be a MAJOR game changer. Just tried to find it but was unsuccessful. If anyone has it, please pass it along - would be good to take a stroll down memory lane :)
rachnaspace 16y ago
From exit and revenue generation perspective, my vote goes to - - Dropbox: Great product. Awesome team. Good market with revenue possibilities. - Hipmunk: User experience in flight travel search has sucked for a very long time. But, users are now getting spoilt by ridiculously awesome user experience provided by companies in a lot of different areas. So they will start expecting the same for travel search too. Hipmunk could totally revolutionize travel search and make it exceedingly simple and pleasant experience - their team has potential to make it happen. And, travel search is a huge opportunity from revenue perspective.

9 points by sahillavingia 16y ago

Based on any factor(s) you want. :)

Sorry, I have to choose multiple for various reasons: AirBnB, because it appears to be immensely profitable and those guys worked hard in some very creative, unorthodox ways to get it going. Justin.TV, because the founders have always been nice, helpful, and approachable with me whenever I've needed advice/help/insights. Directed Edge, because wheels is wheels.

staunch 16y ago

Dropbox. They have an awesome product and it generates a lot of revenue. I believe they will be the first mega exit for YC. At least $100M and probably closer to The Big B.

larrykubin 16y ago
I'll throw in my vote for Dropbox. I use it every day and still remember seeing the first post about it: Dropbox - Throw away your USB drive http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 I watched the video and immediately got what it was about, knew I needed it, and knew it would be a hit.
- marcamillion 16y ago
  I still remember that day too, except I saw the story on Digg's front page. It had about 12K digs and the video was pretty Epic. I, too, had that feeling that wow...this is gonna be a MAJOR game changer. Just tried to find it but was unsuccessful. If anyone has it, please pass it along - would be good to take a stroll down memory lane :)

rachnaspace 16y ago

From exit and revenue generation perspective, my vote goes to - - Dropbox: Great product. Awesome team. Good market with revenue possibilities. - Hipmunk: User experience in flight travel search has sucked for a very long time. But, users are now getting spoilt by ridiculously awesome user experience provided by companies in a lot of different areas. So they will start expecting the same for travel search too. Hipmunk could totally revolutionize travel search and make it exceedingly simple and pleasant experience - their team has potential to make it happen. And, travel search is a huge opportunity from revenue perspective.