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StackLead (YC W14) is joining LinkedIn

18 points by yahelc 12y ago

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fearless 12y ago
This seems like it could be a real business with a lot of traction, especially with the death of Rapportive. I wonder why the founders chose to throw it away and get jobs at LinkedIn.
- probablyfiction 12y ago
  Because of the money.
andygcook 12y ago
Does anyone know any of StackLead's metrics like run rate, active users, etc? It'd be cool if Ted or Gordon could share more information in a post-mortem too. I'm curious as to why the company joined LinkedIn instead of pursuing the opportunity to grow StackLead. I've heard from more than a few people using it how valuable the service is and I'm surprised they are shutting it down.
knes 12y ago
For an alternative, people can look at https://clearbit.co/ https://clearbit.co/ which is also pretty solid and with nice other feature. Alex McCaw is behind it. ( I have no stake in it, just tried both services )
- yahelc 12y ago
  Oh my god, yes, thank you. I spent days trying to remember the URL for that service, I was hoping someone would bring it up in this thread. I even posted an Ask HN asking if anyone remembered the name: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8288303 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8288303 -- Separately, FullContact API is also another replacement.
  - knes 12y ago
    No worries. Fullcontact API is not really use friendly compare to stacklead and clearbit (old apihub). I ran some test on the 3 of them and Stacklead was the one that could usually found the most useful information. Haven't tried Clearbit in the last 2 months though...
    - maccman 12y ago
      Thanks for the recommendation Sylvain! Yes, we've been busy improving our data over the last month. Give it another shot - I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
    - dedabt 12y ago
      What don't you find user friendly about FullContact? Would love the feedback. Thanks.
jaksmit 12y ago
another promising service getting destroyed by LinkedIn, like Rapportive.
rdlecler1 12y ago
LinkedIn's value is in the database of contacts and interactions. It looks like they're trying to get rid of anyone who was able to capture a significant portion of that data. Too bad, it was a useful service. They must have made them a sweet offer.
robinwarren 12y ago
If anyone is looking for an alternative I've been working on something similar over at http://hulimail.com http://hulimail.com. Not a direct replacement but I'm now adding some additional features to try to make it that. If you're an existing Stacklead customer I'd be interested in talking to you about getting your data migrated and making sure everything works as well at Hulimail as it did at Stacklead.

18 points by yahelc 12y ago

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This seems like it could be a real business with a lot of traction, especially with the death of Rapportive. I wonder why the founders chose to throw it away and get jobs at LinkedIn.

probablyfiction 12y ago
Because of the money.

andygcook 12y ago

Does anyone know any of StackLead's metrics like run rate, active users, etc? It'd be cool if Ted or Gordon could share more information in a post-mortem too. I'm curious as to why the company joined LinkedIn instead of pursuing the opportunity to grow StackLead. I've heard from more than a few people using it how valuable the service is and I'm surprised they are shutting it down.

knes 12y ago

For an alternative, people can look at https://clearbit.co/ https://clearbit.co/ which is also pretty solid and with nice other feature. Alex McCaw is behind it. ( I have no stake in it, just tried both services )

yahelc 12y ago
Oh my god, yes, thank you. I spent days trying to remember the URL for that service, I was hoping someone would bring it up in this thread. I even posted an Ask HN asking if anyone remembered the name: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8288303 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8288303 -- Separately, FullContact API is also another replacement.
- knes 12y ago
  No worries. Fullcontact API is not really use friendly compare to stacklead and clearbit (old apihub). I ran some test on the 3 of them and Stacklead was the one that could usually found the most useful information. Haven't tried Clearbit in the last 2 months though...
  - maccman 12y ago
    Thanks for the recommendation Sylvain! Yes, we've been busy improving our data over the last month. Give it another shot - I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
  - dedabt 12y ago
    What don't you find user friendly about FullContact? Would love the feedback. Thanks.

jaksmit 12y ago

another promising service getting destroyed by LinkedIn, like Rapportive.

rdlecler1 12y ago

LinkedIn's value is in the database of contacts and interactions. It looks like they're trying to get rid of anyone who was able to capture a significant portion of that data. Too bad, it was a useful service. They must have made them a sweet offer.

robinwarren 12y ago

If anyone is looking for an alternative I've been working on something similar over at http://hulimail.com http://hulimail.com. Not a direct replacement but I'm now adding some additional features to try to make it that. If you're an existing Stacklead customer I'd be interested in talking to you about getting your data migrated and making sure everything works as well at Hulimail as it did at Stacklead.