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by cwilson 14y ago
I hate to burst your bubble, but "Hacker News" as the title of this community shouldn't be taken literally anymore (this has been the case for a long time now). PG himself often talks about how startups no longer need to launch on other tec
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by cwilson 14y ago
Apple Maps was a software decision, the iPad Mini Retina decision was hardware. These decisions were made by two different people; Scott Forstall and Jonathan Ive. Hopefully I don't have to explain further.
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by cwilson 14y ago
The images and the download itself are both crawling for me.
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Creators of SuicideGirls.com Launch Let’s Date(techcrunch.com)
4 points by cwilson 14y ago|1 comments
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by cwilson 14y ago
While you summed it up in far less words than the author of this post, I'm pretty confident the general consumer would have no idea what you just said.
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by cwilson 14y ago
Have you ever done fundraising for a startup? To raise 1m - 2m dollars, you will on average talk to between 20 - 40 different investors during the seed round. At least half of these discussions will end with a "no". This is not a good feeli
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Airbnb Is Raising A Big Third Round, Aiming For A Valuation North Of $2B (techcrunch.com)
7 points by cwilson 14y ago|0 comments
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Can startups hack down the "redwood giants" of technology companies? (venturebeat.com)
4 points by cwilson 14y ago|0 comments
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by cwilson 14y ago
Have you ever taken an Uber? People are paying double the cost of a regular cab and Uber is doing extremely well. People will pay for convenience. Personally, I've gone way over the time in which I should have changed my oil dozens of times
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Your Mechanic (YC W12) Wins TC Disrupt(techcrunch.com)
129 points by cwilson 14y ago|78 comments
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by cwilson 14y ago
Irony: A YC company just won Disrupt.
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by cwilson 14y ago
As someone who graduated from the last class (S12) I definitely take issue with the "too much polish" on slides comment. PG tells us many times to NOT spend weeks making a pitch deck because it will likely change dramatically during practic
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Zuckerberg forecasts mobile will pull Facebook out of its stock market hole(venturebeat.com)
4 points by cwilson 14y ago|1 comments
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Cupcakes Better Than Startups at TC Disrupt(venturebeat.com)
3 points by cwilson 14y ago|0 comments
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by cwilson 14y ago
Oh to be in school again when this type of technology is being introduced to day to day life. Am I the only one who, rather than being outraged, is thrilled at the potential hacking opportunities and other shenanigans this introduces? The f
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by cwilson 14y ago
So this is impossible to read on a mobile device. It forces mobile view only, which apparently won't allow you to read anything. Very annoying!
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by cwilson 14y ago
I don't disagree, but I also think this system is a great way for investors to get a quick glimpse of a ton of awesome companies at once, and find the ones they are most interested in and chat more. Someone else in this thread already menti
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by cwilson 14y ago
As someone who pitched on stage yesterday I have mixed feelings on this subject. I understand that seeing a graph up and to the right on every single slide, 74 times in a row, might get a little repetitive. That said, you're also getting pi
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by cwilson 14y ago
Most definitely a joke, though it took me a second to realize that myself.
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by cwilson 14y ago
You've clearly not played EVE Online. This sounds like a joke, but it's probably the closest thing out there to an example of what the future will be like if mining of asteroids becomes insanely lucrative (and technology advances fast enoug
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by cwilson 14y ago
The author attended an "American Idol" for startups. It's hip to have a startup. The names of said startups may as well be gibberish (yet they attempt to explain the meaning behind them). Pitches consist of ridiculous buzz words and maketin
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by cwilson 14y ago
I actually offered to do exactly this (I'm a Sponsorfied founder), and suggested doing it much like YC office hours (small 10 - 15 minute slots) but via Skype or Google Hangouts. Throughout the day I could easily do a few of these, and I'm
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by cwilson 14y ago
Congrats guys. We've been using the service for over a month now and absolutely love it. You've given us integrations we'd never have time to do ourselves as a young scrappy startup with entirely too much work to do.
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by cwilson 14y ago
Very humbled to have Sponsorfied mentioned. I'd also like to point out that while only 8 are mentioned here, there are many amazing teams in our class who are hard at work for demo day and beyond. Looking forward to the world getting to se
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by cwilson 14y ago
You nailed it. While we've started with events and conferences as they were the most obvious, and where we had past expertise, the bigger vision includes exactly what you just described. Glad we're not crazy in thinking that's the future!
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by cwilson 14y ago
We've already worked with a few non-profits, many of which use events as a way to fundraise, and we're in talks with a few larger organizations to see how we can get brands interested in caused based donations in a few unique ways. Sorry to
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by cwilson 14y ago
Local and small businesses are definitely an area we want to be in the future. It's on the roadmap!
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Sponsorfied (YC S12) Matches Brands With Events Seeking Swag(techcrunch.com)
56 points by cwilson 14y ago|13 comments
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Andreessen Horowitz Invests $11.2 Million In Meteor(techcrunch.com)
11 points by cwilson 14y ago|0 comments
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by cwilson 14y ago
I'd love to implement this instead of a WYSIWYG into our platform, but the problem is our users (non-technical) are not going to take the time to learn markdown. Even if we had a guide on the right I have a hunch they would still be super c

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