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I look forward to reading about yc start-ups, but increasingly find myself shaking my head, wondering how some of them will ever amount to sustainable businesse
by dpapathanasiou 14y ago
I look forward to reading about yc start-ups, but increasingly find myself shaking my head, wondering how some of them will ever amount to sustainable businesses. I've always attributed this to the fact that yc must know a whole lot more than me.
I was at the first startup school (in Cambridge) and I remember thinking that about reddit whereas the one I thought most promising (click fraud detection) seems to have flopped.
Other than making a bet on the people, I wonder if YC also has no idea about which startups will succeed.
- psycho 14y agoClickFacts still operates, although it doesn't have such astonishing story as Reddit does. More info: http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/08/05/y-combinators-first-batch-where-are-they-now/ http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/08/05/y-combinators-first...
- debacle 14y agoReddit is still not profitable. It's an amazing edifice of the Internet, but it is not profitable.
- genwin 14y agoI wouldn't be surprised if that quickly changes, since the ad placeholders (center right of page) have recently become revenue-generating ads.