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When I go down the list I can only think of a few YC startups that have done well by following these ideas (dropbox, heroku). The leaders in the categories lis
by dstein 15y ago
When I go down the list I can only think of a few YC startups that have done well by following these ideas (dropbox, heroku). The leaders in the categories listed are not YC companies, and the big hits that YC did have were in categories not listed (eg. Airbnb).
- marciovm123 15y agoAirbnb = Craigslist competitor (#25)
- shii 15y agoMore like Craigslist spammer.
- dstein 15y agoI'd put Airbnb as a competitor to hostels, they're not really competing with Craigslist directly.
- voidfiles 15y agoFunny, because they seem to get quite a few referrals from craigslist.
- oscilloscope 15y agoWikipedia gets quite a few referrals from Google. Are they direct competitors?
- astrec 15y agoThat depends on your view of Knol.
- nedwin 15y agoIt's easy to look at the problem with Craigslist and think that to challenge it you should build something which does everything that Craigslist does. AirBNB is a competitor to Craigslist in that it is helping to take it apart piece by piece. Hopefully other YC companies will take on other categories / pieces
- qq66 15y agoThey're competing with a specific part of Craigslist, namely short-term accommodations. Other companies are competing with other parts of Craigslist (e.g. StubHub)