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Yes, I was really curious about their metrics for ranking the startups. As you correctly pointed out - why is instacart missing while 9gag is present? I can na

Yes, I was really curious about their metrics for ranking the startups. As you correctly pointed out - why is instacart missing while 9gag is present? I can name so many much better alternatives to 9gag: instacart, KIPPT, Everyday.me etc.

lacker 14y ago
9gag is a pretty obvious selection - they have tens of millions of users.
- 3am_hackernews 14y ago
  I was under the impression that quality triumphs over quantity for these cases.
  - endersshadow 14y ago
    Your opinion of the content/product being sold should not be mistaken for the quality of a business model. The two are vastly different things. For example, I don't smoke cigarettes--hate the things, but I'll be damned if tobacco wasn't a great way to make a buck in the past century.
zio99 14y ago
But what if there is a way to rank these startups? Similar to how there are algorithms to pick startup winners: http://www.technologyreview.com/news/428427/an-algorithm-to-pick-startup-winners/ http://www.technologyreview.com/news/428427/an-algorithm-to-... and software to pick Blockbuster hits: PDF: http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/papers/1329.pdf http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/papers/1329.pdf and of course, my very own academic research in this arena: http://startupframework.tumblr.com/post/29634915106/what-i-learnt-from-yc http://startupframework.tumblr.com/post/29634915106/what-i-l... What if the only criteria required by this article was to list startups that sold something (rather than be a platform or <insert disruptive buzzword here> that doesn't currently monetize. E.g. Makr.io, ReelSurfer). So that would boil it down to: Double, Coco Controller and a handful others. As investor Kevin O'Leary would say: Follow the money.
Kiro 14y ago
Because Instacart will fail while 9GAG already is one of the most successful YC companies ever.

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Yes, I was really curious about their metrics for ranking the startups. As you correctly pointed out - why is instacart missing while 9gag is present? I can na

by 3am_hackernews 14y ago

lacker 14y ago
9gag is a pretty obvious selection - they have tens of millions of users.
- 3am_hackernews 14y ago
  I was under the impression that quality triumphs over quantity for these cases.
  - endersshadow 14y ago
    Your opinion of the content/product being sold should not be mistaken for the quality of a business model. The two are vastly different things. For example, I don't smoke cigarettes--hate the things, but I'll be damned if tobacco wasn't a great way to make a buck in the past century.
zio99 14y ago
But what if there is a way to rank these startups? Similar to how there are algorithms to pick startup winners: http://www.technologyreview.com/news/428427/an-algorithm-to-pick-startup-winners/ http://www.technologyreview.com/news/428427/an-algorithm-to-... and software to pick Blockbuster hits: PDF: http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/papers/1329.pdf http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/papers/1329.pdf and of course, my very own academic research in this arena: http://startupframework.tumblr.com/post/29634915106/what-i-learnt-from-yc http://startupframework.tumblr.com/post/29634915106/what-i-l... What if the only criteria required by this article was to list startups that sold something (rather than be a platform or <insert disruptive buzzword here> that doesn't currently monetize. E.g. Makr.io, ReelSurfer). So that would boil it down to: Double, Coco Controller and a handful others. As investor Kevin O'Leary would say: Follow the money.
Kiro 14y ago
Because Instacart will fail while 9GAG already is one of the most successful YC companies ever.