I was astonished to see Vanilla on the list. Vanilla's kind of been a secret name among big forum people since it launched; it's got some astoundingly innovativ

I was astonished to see Vanilla on the list. Vanilla's kind of been a secret name among big forum people since it launched; it's got some astoundingly innovative features. I love it, but haven't been able to use it in a project before to give it support. Considering I've always had this mindset of TechStars churning out inferior YC products, it surprised me not that Mark would apply but that TechStars would accept something like that. Color me pleasantly surprised.