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How a train ride helped Mixpanel get into YC
- suhail 14y agoJust as Garry helped us, we're happy to pay it forward and meet future YC candidates who make it to the interview at the Creamery.
- hef19898 14y agoThe spirit in this is just great, I really mean that! Edit: I realy have been serious about it. Apologies if you could have taken the comment as sarcasm, it wasn't.
- nivertech 14y agoI think this theme of "we implemented BASIC Interpreter / Firebase feature / Mixpanel analytics on the plane / street car/ Caltrain" is overused.
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- zasz 14y agoMore like, "how knowing the right people helped Mixpanel get into YC."
- ryancarson 14y agoKnowing the right people always helps things happen. Reading "How to Win Friends and Influence People" has been fundamental to any success I've managed to find.
- zasz 14y agoHaving social skills is one thing, but this story makes it seem like there isn't much of a meritocracy at work.
- ryancarson 14y agoGreat post but I take issue with calling Andreessen Horowitz the #1 VC firm. I've had an interaction with Marc that made me question whether I'd ever want to work with him. I'd argue that Social+Capital (who took 100% of our A-Round at http://teamtreehouse.com http://teamtreehouse.com) is really leading the industry now.
- rdl 14y agoWhy do you like S+C, aside from the obvious that they did your A?
- citricsquid 14y agoThey have a terrible name, it's impossible to find them via a google search (unless you use their exact name) and the company that does show in the majority of results (http://www.socialcapitalpartners.ca/ http://www.socialcapitalpartners.ca/) invests in lube and trucks. Such a generic term seems a very strange name to use for anything.
- jedc 14y agoWow, they are really hard to find. I found them on Crunchbase, but with no URL. The only way I found their site was through the Treehouse funding announcement on TechCrunch. Social+Capital might be a great VC, but they really need to work on being found! For future reference: http://s23p.com/ http://s23p.com/