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YC Demo Day Bingo Welcome the newest YC batch

74 points by KMinshew 14y ago

jedberg 14y ago
Having seen the demos yesterday, I can tell you that you will get "blackout" if you play. However, I also want to note that this was the best set of presentations I've ever seen at a demo day. Sure they use a lot of the same words and phrases, but that's because they are all trying to communicate the same thing in just 2 minutes: We're awesome and you should give us money to be more awesome.
- jiggity 14y ago
  Definitely agreed. Correlated with being the best batch yet!
  - jedberg 14y ago
    > Correlated with being the best batch yet! I very specifically didn't say that. ;) I know you probably meant it in jest, but really each batch has some great folks in it, and no batch is really "better" than any other. I wouldn't want anyone else to get a complex, since startup founders can be a sensitive bunch. :D
- sharkweek 14y ago
  level with me here -- did you and the 9GAG guys talk, I totally feel a karma conspiracy coming on
  - jedberg 14y ago
    I did in fact seek out the founder of 9Gag to talk to him. He didn't know who I was. He's a nice guy with good intentions.
- jbigelow76 14y ago
  I was surprised to see no squares had any form of the word "currated" in them.
2arrs2ells 14y ago
This is hilarious! I want to be able to braintrip (http://www.braintripping.com/ http://www.braintripping.com/) through YC demo day speak.
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Shenglong 14y ago
This is one of those things I wish I could watch. Any chance we can get a stream of it or something next year?
patio11 14y ago
What, only one bingo card? Amateurs. http://www.bingocardcreator.com/articles/yc-buzzword-bingo http://www.bingocardcreator.com/articles/yc-buzzword-bingo
- sharkweek 14y ago
  I never realized I needed a bingo card creator until now
  - austenallred 14y ago
    My startup makes it easy for everyone to create bingo cards for YC demo day. The TAM is like 20; we launched less than two weeks ago and our customers love us. We're the most viral YC bingo card generator ever, so if you're passionate about bingo, come talk to us. To sum up: viral, social, big data.
- tptacek 14y ago
  This is some kind of bright shining moment for HN, but I'm not sure how to articulate which one it is. \o/
dmor 14y ago
Downside of all practicing together for the past 5 days straight at YC HQ? Yup. But I love the pitches, I feel like they got so much better from rehearsal to now

74 points by KMinshew 14y ago

Having seen the demos yesterday, I can tell you that you will get "blackout" if you play. However, I also want to note that this was the best set of presentations I've ever seen at a demo day. Sure they use a lot of the same words and phrases, but that's because they are all trying to communicate the same thing in just 2 minutes: We're awesome and you should give us money to be more awesome.

jiggity 14y ago
Definitely agreed. Correlated with being the best batch yet!
- jedberg 14y ago
  > Correlated with being the best batch yet! I very specifically didn't say that. ;) I know you probably meant it in jest, but really each batch has some great folks in it, and no batch is really "better" than any other. I wouldn't want anyone else to get a complex, since startup founders can be a sensitive bunch. :D
sharkweek 14y ago
level with me here -- did you and the 9GAG guys talk, I totally feel a karma conspiracy coming on
- jedberg 14y ago
  I did in fact seek out the founder of 9Gag to talk to him. He didn't know who I was. He's a nice guy with good intentions.
jbigelow76 14y ago
I was surprised to see no squares had any form of the word "currated" in them.

2arrs2ells 14y ago

This is hilarious! I want to be able to braintrip (http://www.braintripping.com/ http://www.braintripping.com/) through YC demo day speak.

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Shenglong 14y ago

This is one of those things I wish I could watch. Any chance we can get a stream of it or something next year?

patio11 14y ago

What, only one bingo card? Amateurs. http://www.bingocardcreator.com/articles/yc-buzzword-bingo http://www.bingocardcreator.com/articles/yc-buzzword-bingo

sharkweek 14y ago
I never realized I needed a bingo card creator until now
- austenallred 14y ago
  My startup makes it easy for everyone to create bingo cards for YC demo day. The TAM is like 20; we launched less than two weeks ago and our customers love us. We're the most viral YC bingo card generator ever, so if you're passionate about bingo, come talk to us. To sum up: viral, social, big data.
tptacek 14y ago
This is some kind of bright shining moment for HN, but I'm not sure how to articulate which one it is. \o/

dmor 14y ago

Downside of all practicing together for the past 5 days straight at YC HQ? Yup. But I love the pitches, I feel like they got so much better from rehearsal to now