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Which Y Combinator company would you fund?

13 points by dmillerconj 16y ago

netcan 16y ago
lanyrd.com - I know nothing about any of them, but I like the idea.
kapitalx 16y ago
This list (allthingsd list) isn't complete. I'm not sure if there is a reason why some are missing, so I won't spill any names.
- rwar 16y ago
  Theres another HN article with a more complete list, http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2356941 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2356941
- jkincaid 16y ago
  The other companies were "off the record". This is journalist lingo for stuff you can't write about. It's an agreement between YC and the press in attendance that they won't write about companies that don't want to be 'outed' as being part of YC (or haven't announced their existence at all). Sure, someone could go and write about those companies anyway, but they wouldn't be invited back.
rwar 16y ago
moki.tv - It takes the best of all worlds (Netflix, Amazon, iTunes, Hulu, etc.) with respect to online video and spins it with IMDB and Facebook.
benologist 16y ago
AppHarbor. I can't wait till I've got some spare time to go play with what they're doing. I suspect they're going to be ridiculously big even if .NET isn't very popular in these parts.
- rdl 16y ago
  What is the reason to use them vs. Microsoft Azure? (I know very little about .Net, Azure, or AppHarbor, but Microsoft seems to position Azure as the .Net hosting solution). I agree that if that isn't the case, they're the top of this YC batch; otherwise idk.
  - michaelfairley 16y ago
    (Not knowing much about .NET myself, I can only repeat what they said in their pitch). They apparently use a standard stack, whereas Azure runs on a heavily customized stack that requires extra work to make a standard .NET app run on it. Think Django vs. Django on AppEngine.
  - tansey 16y ago
    There's hardly any configuration with AppHarbor. I've launched several projects on it already and it is as easy as Heroku. On the other hand, Azure requires a lot of application customization and configuration. So you can think of AppHarbor as "Azure done right."
  - benologist 16y ago
    So today I actually did go and play with AppHarbor, I managed to deploy a bunch of sites with almost no changes at all to code/config. That's not going to happen on Azure. There are some things I don't like, I'm used to dedicated servers and I miss things like scanning the eventlog looking for where my stuff screwed up (could handle it on the front end but meh, the eventlog's so convenient!), but overall it's quite awesome. I really hope they manage to package their stuff up so it can be installed on other servers.
DFectuoso 16y ago
Maybe convore? I am not sure, they sure got a interesting community
- rhettg 16y ago
  Convore was fantastic during pycon
pathik 16y ago
All of them. Yuri Milner style. Diversifying your investments in YC's portfolio would be better than an index fund, I guess.
ipince 16y ago
Grubwith.us is really appealing to me. I've wished for something like that for some time now. If I could make it, I'd be grubbing with them today.. I also think the concept is very appealing to restaurants as well. Adding value for everyone seems like a sure win to me.

13 points by dmillerconj 16y ago

lanyrd.com - I know nothing about any of them, but I like the idea.

This list (allthingsd list) isn't complete. I'm not sure if there is a reason why some are missing, so I won't spill any names.

rwar 16y ago
Theres another HN article with a more complete list, http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2356941 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2356941
jkincaid 16y ago
The other companies were "off the record". This is journalist lingo for stuff you can't write about. It's an agreement between YC and the press in attendance that they won't write about companies that don't want to be 'outed' as being part of YC (or haven't announced their existence at all). Sure, someone could go and write about those companies anyway, but they wouldn't be invited back.

rwar 16y ago

moki.tv - It takes the best of all worlds (Netflix, Amazon, iTunes, Hulu, etc.) with respect to online video and spins it with IMDB and Facebook.

benologist 16y ago

AppHarbor. I can't wait till I've got some spare time to go play with what they're doing. I suspect they're going to be ridiculously big even if .NET isn't very popular in these parts.

rdl 16y ago
What is the reason to use them vs. Microsoft Azure? (I know very little about .Net, Azure, or AppHarbor, but Microsoft seems to position Azure as the .Net hosting solution). I agree that if that isn't the case, they're the top of this YC batch; otherwise idk.
- michaelfairley 16y ago
  (Not knowing much about .NET myself, I can only repeat what they said in their pitch). They apparently use a standard stack, whereas Azure runs on a heavily customized stack that requires extra work to make a standard .NET app run on it. Think Django vs. Django on AppEngine.
- tansey 16y ago
  There's hardly any configuration with AppHarbor. I've launched several projects on it already and it is as easy as Heroku. On the other hand, Azure requires a lot of application customization and configuration. So you can think of AppHarbor as "Azure done right."
- benologist 16y ago
  So today I actually did go and play with AppHarbor, I managed to deploy a bunch of sites with almost no changes at all to code/config. That's not going to happen on Azure. There are some things I don't like, I'm used to dedicated servers and I miss things like scanning the eventlog looking for where my stuff screwed up (could handle it on the front end but meh, the eventlog's so convenient!), but overall it's quite awesome. I really hope they manage to package their stuff up so it can be installed on other servers.

DFectuoso 16y ago

Maybe convore? I am not sure, they sure got a interesting community

rhettg 16y ago
Convore was fantastic during pycon

pathik 16y ago

All of them. Yuri Milner style. Diversifying your investments in YC's portfolio would be better than an index fund, I guess.

ipince 16y ago

Grubwith.us is really appealing to me. I've wished for something like that for some time now. If I could make it, I'd be grubbing with them today.. I also think the concept is very appealing to restaurants as well. Adding value for everyone seems like a sure win to me.