Comments on: Y Combinator Demo Day: CO2Stats, Posterous and others show their stuff http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/19/y-combinator-demo-day-co2stats-posterous-and-others-show-their-stuff/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:58:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Michael http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/19/y-combinator-demo-day-co2stats-posterous-and-others-show-their-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-862198 Michael Fri, 26 Dec 2008 22:04:51 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=96752#comment-862198 Don't know how I ended up here but, looking back, interesting how useless this batch of Y/C companies seems just a few months later. Anybody else get the vibe Y/C is this decades idealab, except instead of just one mega-hit they're looking at none? Rounding up a bunch of rich kids to make me-too companies that can be knocked out quickly (pumped) then go on to either die or get sold quickly making the investors rich before the buyers realize their acquisition is worthless (dumped) was the biz model of the Bush era [see Countrywide, Madoff, Freddie Mac, Bear-Stearns, Lehman Brothers, etc...]. Don't know how I ended up here but, looking back, interesting how useless this batch of Y/C companies seems just a few months later. Anybody else get the vibe Y/C is this decades idealab, except instead of just one mega-hit they're looking at none? Rounding up a bunch of rich kids to make me-too companies that can be knocked out quickly (pumped) then go on to either die or get sold quickly making the investors rich before the buyers realize their acquisition is worthless (dumped) was the biz model of the Bush era [see Countrywide, Madoff, Freddie Mac, Bear-Stearns, Lehman Brothers, etc...].

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]]> By: LukeG http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/19/y-combinator-demo-day-co2stats-posterous-and-others-show-their-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-862197 LukeG Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:06:01 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=96752#comment-862197 Thanks for coming down to Demo Day, and for noticing Job Alchemist. We're working on some stuff that we think is pretty exciting; the fact is, we love building tools that help great companies connect with great talent. Maybe we're crazy, but its rewarding. <br><br>We're always looking for feedback, too, so to the whole VentureBeat community: come check us out, and let us know what you think. What features and functionality do you want to see? Thanks for coming down to Demo Day, and for noticing Job Alchemist. We're working on some stuff that we think is pretty exciting; the fact is, we love building tools that help great companies connect with great talent. Maybe we're crazy, but its rewarding.

We're always looking for feedback, too, so to the whole VentureBeat community: come check us out, and let us know what you think. What features and functionality do you want to see?

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]]> By: Y Combinator Demo Day: CO2Stats, Posterous and others show their stuff http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/19/y-combinator-demo-day-co2stats-posterous-and-others-show-their-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-826294 Y Combinator Demo Day: CO2Stats, Posterous and others show their stuff Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:33:02 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=96752#comment-826294 [...] Original post by Anthony Ha [...] [...] Original post by Anthony Ha [...]

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