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Fred Wilson invented Embedly: How we got a Y Combinator interview

52 points by screeley 16y ago

doki_pen 16y ago
posterous seems to have issues: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:f3LGdaE2eAQJ:blog.embed.ly/fred-wilson-invented-embedly-how-we-got-a-y-c+http://blog.embed.ly/fred-wilson-invented-embedly-how-we-got-a-y-c&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:f3LGdaE...
adityakothadiya 16y ago
If the first sentence itself is a disclaimer, then why write such sensational headline? Don't be so dramatic. I'm interested in reading your article and learning from it. Please don't fool me. I tend to loose respect for your content and efforts due to such marketing tactics.
- screeley 16y ago
  We all need to give hat tips to the people that inspired us to be greater and try new things. We would not be here right now without Fred. I'll put his name in titles all day long just to adknowledge his contributions.
  - adityakothadiya 16y ago
    You could have said "Fred Wilson inspired Embedly". The "invented" sounds too dramatic and may be inaccurate too.
- wolfrom 16y ago
  I think the headline is perfectly suitable. I may use the same when I finally write my blog post "Embedly invented Windsoc [our startup]". And I don't think it would be the only time Fred Wilson has inspired new endeavors.
citizenkeys 16y ago
Added this to my list of blog entries about the yc interview process: http://ycuniverse.com/interviewees.php http://ycuniverse.com/interviewees.php
- jdp23 16y ago
  I was really surprised to see the parent downvoted. It provided useful information to me (I didn't know such a list existed or where to find it) and presumably others ... what's the objection?
  - citizenkeys 16y ago
    Yeah... I was surprised to see it down-voted as well. Although my repeated linking to that page in comments seems very spammy, my heart's in the right place. I don't think very many YC applicants and potential YC applicants realize how much useful information I have on that site.

52 points by screeley 16y ago

posterous seems to have issues: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:f3LGdaE2eAQJ:blog.embed.ly/fred-wilson-invented-embedly-how-we-got-a-y-c+http://blog.embed.ly/fred-wilson-invented-embedly-how-we-got-a-y-c&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:f3LGdaE...

adityakothadiya 16y ago

If the first sentence itself is a disclaimer, then why write such sensational headline? Don't be so dramatic. I'm interested in reading your article and learning from it. Please don't fool me. I tend to loose respect for your content and efforts due to such marketing tactics.

screeley 16y ago
We all need to give hat tips to the people that inspired us to be greater and try new things. We would not be here right now without Fred. I'll put his name in titles all day long just to adknowledge his contributions.
- adityakothadiya 16y ago
  You could have said "Fred Wilson inspired Embedly". The "invented" sounds too dramatic and may be inaccurate too.
wolfrom 16y ago
I think the headline is perfectly suitable. I may use the same when I finally write my blog post "Embedly invented Windsoc [our startup]". And I don't think it would be the only time Fred Wilson has inspired new endeavors.

citizenkeys 16y ago

Added this to my list of blog entries about the yc interview process: http://ycuniverse.com/interviewees.php http://ycuniverse.com/interviewees.php

jdp23 16y ago
I was really surprised to see the parent downvoted. It provided useful information to me (I didn't know such a list existed or where to find it) and presumably others ... what's the objection?
- citizenkeys 16y ago
  Yeah... I was surprised to see it down-voted as well. Although my repeated linking to that page in comments seems very spammy, my heart's in the right place. I don't think very many YC applicants and potential YC applicants realize how much useful information I have on that site.