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Y Combinator, Silicon Valley’s Start-Up Machine

83 points by Libertatea 14y ago

koopajah 14y ago
Link to the single page version : http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/magazine/y-combinator-silicon-valleys-start-up-machine.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/magazine/y-combinator-sili...
glitch273 14y ago
Very good read. Gives me the motivation to keep going. :)
larrys 14y ago
Interesting story (since nobody seems to be commenting here on the story) about the author, Nathaniel Rich: http://gawker.com/nathaniel-rich-is-different-from-you-and-me-478646630 http://gawker.com/nathaniel-rich-is-different-from-you-and-m...
bly2425 14y ago
David, Dafeng, and Teng - In case I didn't make it clear before: You guys are a fucking inspiration. March on strikingly.
- haishachen 14y ago
  Thanks a lot man. It means a lot to us.
John_patient 14y ago
The story is so baller and I met them and visited them while they were still cramped on futons. The dudes have stuff that legends are made of. Looking forward to more good things from you guys. Just as inspirational as mount fuji that I'm seeing through my shinkansen Window. Totally worth tapping off on the phone for this.
markmccubbin 14y ago
This is really great. I worked along side these guys (strikingly) in the same cafe in SF, hacking away for a while before they got into YC. These guys are humble and really doing it right. They took what others just see as a clone of weebly and have added enough USP to prove that it's all execution. They had customers even while sitting in the little Cafe in SF and have growing fast through sheer force of will ! Biggest thing, humble, not afraid to ask for help and thick as thieves. These guys are what every entrepreneur should be trying to attain in a team !
Jasonxia 14y ago
The strikingly folks have done a fabulous job in creating a niche in such a over-competed market and making Strikingly.com closer and closer to perfection. I sat in one of their founder-user connection events in Chicago a few days ago. Amazing how much they care about the users and would do anything for them even including suggesting an alternative web-building service if the users have the needs.

83 points by Libertatea 14y ago

Link to the single page version : http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/magazine/y-combinator-silicon-valleys-start-up-machine.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/magazine/y-combinator-sili...

glitch273 14y ago

Very good read. Gives me the motivation to keep going. :)

larrys 14y ago

Interesting story (since nobody seems to be commenting here on the story) about the author, Nathaniel Rich: http://gawker.com/nathaniel-rich-is-different-from-you-and-me-478646630 http://gawker.com/nathaniel-rich-is-different-from-you-and-m...

bly2425 14y ago

David, Dafeng, and Teng - In case I didn't make it clear before: You guys are a fucking inspiration. March on strikingly.

haishachen 14y ago
Thanks a lot man. It means a lot to us.

John_patient 14y ago

The story is so baller and I met them and visited them while they were still cramped on futons. The dudes have stuff that legends are made of. Looking forward to more good things from you guys. Just as inspirational as mount fuji that I'm seeing through my shinkansen Window. Totally worth tapping off on the phone for this.

markmccubbin 14y ago

This is really great. I worked along side these guys (strikingly) in the same cafe in SF, hacking away for a while before they got into YC. These guys are humble and really doing it right. They took what others just see as a clone of weebly and have added enough USP to prove that it's all execution. They had customers even while sitting in the little Cafe in SF and have growing fast through sheer force of will ! Biggest thing, humble, not afraid to ask for help and thick as thieves. These guys are what every entrepreneur should be trying to attain in a team !

Jasonxia 14y ago

The strikingly folks have done a fabulous job in creating a niche in such a over-competed market and making Strikingly.com closer and closer to perfection. I sat in one of their founder-user connection events in Chicago a few days ago. Amazing how much they care about the users and would do anything for them even including suggesting an alternative web-building service if the users have the needs.