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How A Y Combinator Startup Is Born: The Story Of Strikingly
- jes5199 14y agostartups with names ending in "ly"
- minimaxir 14y agoWhich is better than startups with names ending in ".ly"
- joshdance 14y agoDid the scare about Libyan internet problems fade away?
- jdludlow 14y agoPart of your sentence appears to be missing, but I'll fill it in for myself. The "ly" thing is beyond worn out. The odd thing in this case is that they actually chose a real word.
- ronilan 14y agoPart.ly missing.
- dsmithn 14y agoPrevious discussion on Strikingly, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5359507 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5359507 edit: just noticed, the top and bottom of their home page are almost exactly the same. Except for the size of the logo. Interesting.
- dfguo 14y agoThe bottom sign up form actually increased our conversion. :)
- niggler 14y agoonforb.es -> forbes.com. Why do people continually upvote forbes.com articles? So many ads, and the big ad before you see the article can't be skipped automatically.
- 0xfd 14y agoSuch a genuine entrepreneurial story!
- Diamons 14y agoHow did you get your post on Forbes?
- dfguo 14y agoWe reached out through personal network. The writer is interested in our story.
- SurfScore 14y agoinserts random, out of place positive comment
- ronilan 14y agoClamors. Like the world.
- AlexMuir 14y agoThis story must have the highest points : relevant comments ratio I've seen. 2 hours, 57 points and only one comment of any relevance.
- ronilan 14y agoNow we got two. The ratio is kaputt.
- anonfunction 14y agoReally cool behind the scenes story that you for the most part don't get to hear. Everyone's interested in your funding strategy, value prop, etc.. that they forget founders are humans just like us.
- ridruejo 14y agoThe product is great, but what I think it is much more important is how the persevered after they were initially rejected. Many others would just have called it a day and gone home to a cushy job. They did not, worked hard for many months without knowing if they would be accepted the second time, and they finally succeeded.
- JVIDEL 14y agoI haven't seen anyone that simply quits and leaves a startups because they didn't get into YC. Most just apply to TS, 500S, FF or try to contact angels on their own.
- schmidtty 14y agoThat's like... "Its impressive how you didn't give up after the first girl that you asked out rejected you. You persevered and continued to ask other girls out."
- pshin45 14y agoI also think it's notable that we're starting to see more and more international startups like Strikingly in YC. (I define "international" here as a team of founders with roots and/or a strong network in a country outside the US) I'm biased since my own startup is applying to YC S13 from Korea. We did some research and noticed that in the current W13 batch there are teams from China (Strikingly), from Singapore, etc. I'm a big fan of what YC does for entrepreneurs, and I'm happy to see that their alumni network is gradually reaching more and more parts of the world. YC might (understandably) not have any plans to expand internationally, but they don't have to if their alumni do it for them.
- nigglet 14y agoWhy do many YC companies have lame names? Is that cos ya'll can't afford vowels or .com in your names? Serious question. I can't imagine how PG lives with these lame sounding names. Ex: Names ending in Libya - embed.ly refer.ly And other just totally dumb stupid sounding, like FitFu Notifo Swagapalooza Nambii. AwesomeHighlighter Youlicit Mixwit Wundrbar iJigg Talkito Thinkature Flagr Memamp (all DEAD btw). Just curious. Don't downvote me cos you hate what I am calling you out on, PG!
- jmonegro 14y agoStrikingly is at strikingly.com