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Worth mentioning that as of today, YC is also publicly launching a (free) co-founder matching marketplace. (I'm on the team that built it, so would love any fee

Worth mentioning that as of today, YC is also publicly launching a (free) co-founder matching marketplace. (I'm on the team that built it, so would love any feedback on the platform as well!) :) https://www.startupschool.org/cofounder-matching https://www.startupschool.org/cofounder-matching

stevengraham 5y ago
This is awesome. Would love to see it featured in a "Launch" post, and perhaps featured more prominently as a permanent nav link. IMO things like this bring balance back to HN being a place for thought exchange to spur creation - rather than just another reddit-like "let's react to the latest news URL posted".
- kcorbitt 5y ago
  We actually do have a "Tell HN" I posted an hour or so again. Looks like it's on the front page now! :) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27750298 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27750298 Glad you appreciate this; I think it's an important problem to solve!
adithyasrin 5y ago
Just signed up. If you save your profile without a last name, it turns into null.
- kcorbitt 5y ago
  Hmm, interesting. Will look into that! In the meantime, I assume if you edit your profile to add something to the last name field, it fixes the issue?
  - adithyasrin 5y ago
    yep it does!
mojuba 5y ago
Awesome! Does the YC Startup School specifically target younger entrepreneurs, or is being 50+ Okay here?
- kcorbitt 5y ago
  There's nothing in the program or community that's directed towards people of a specific age! We don't collect demographic information, but based on my interactions with the community we definitely have lots of 50+ entrepreneurs on the platform.
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bbrree66 5y ago
It would be nice to see an index of potential partners without having to input a bunch of information about yourself.
Abishek_Muthian 5y ago
Congratulations on the launch Kyle! I feel there's need-gap in solutions for finding a co-founder and Hope Co-Founder Matching addresses it. P.S. I've added it to my curated list of startup tools - https://startuptoolchain.com https://startuptoolchain.com .

stevengraham 5y ago

This is awesome. Would love to see it featured in a "Launch" post, and perhaps featured more prominently as a permanent nav link. IMO things like this bring balance back to HN being a place for thought exchange to spur creation - rather than just another reddit-like "let's react to the latest news URL posted".

kcorbitt 5y ago
We actually do have a "Tell HN" I posted an hour or so again. Looks like it's on the front page now! :) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27750298 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27750298 Glad you appreciate this; I think it's an important problem to solve!

adithyasrin 5y ago

Just signed up. If you save your profile without a last name, it turns into null.

kcorbitt 5y ago
Hmm, interesting. Will look into that! In the meantime, I assume if you edit your profile to add something to the last name field, it fixes the issue?
- adithyasrin 5y ago
  yep it does!

mojuba 5y ago

Awesome! Does the YC Startup School specifically target younger entrepreneurs, or is being 50+ Okay here?

kcorbitt 5y ago
There's nothing in the program or community that's directed towards people of a specific age! We don't collect demographic information, but based on my interactions with the community we definitely have lots of 50+ entrepreneurs on the platform.
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bbrree66 5y ago

It would be nice to see an index of potential partners without having to input a bunch of information about yourself.

Abishek_Muthian 5y ago

Congratulations on the launch Kyle! I feel there's need-gap in solutions for finding a co-founder and Hope Co-Founder Matching addresses it. P.S. I've added it to my curated list of startup tools - https://startuptoolchain.com https://startuptoolchain.com .