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NYC Startups to Watch

39 points by pospischil 13y ago

lallysingh 13y ago
What would Time know about this?
- welder 13y ago
  Use Time's previous "Most Promising Startups" for their success rate: 2012 - http://www.timeinc.com/pressroom/10nycstartups2012.php http://www.timeinc.com/pressroom/10nycstartups2012.php 2011 - http://www.timeinc.com/pressroom/events/10nycstartups/ http://www.timeinc.com/pressroom/events/10nycstartups/ But then, how do you rate a startup as successful? Number of users, revenue, is being acquired a good or bad thing?
pavel_lishin 13y ago
I find it interesting that one of them is literally "like facebook, but for dogs".
- wheaties 13y ago
  Yeah, I lol'd at that. We actually made this joke at a meetup once: "Hi, we're a social network for people that like to share photos of their pets." Guess the joke's on us (or their investors whomever they may be.) Good luck to them if they can make it happen.
- w1ntermute 13y ago
  Klooff, if the pet lovers on HN want to check it out: http://www.klooff.com/ http://www.klooff.com/
  - kitcar 13y ago
    Interestingly, they are a Chilean company, incubated at Startup Chile ( http://startupchile.org/startups/klooff/ http://startupchile.org/startups/klooff/ )
    - Geekette 13y ago
      Not a Chilean company, although they did participate in Startup Chile.
ramayac 13y ago
Loosecubes is now closed: https://www.loosecubes.com/ https://www.loosecubes.com/ Anyone knows what happend to them?
- mindotus 13y ago
  Not sure, will look into it but loved the concept and the design as well.
- MattRogish 13y ago
  Yup. Was a big head scratcher around here. They raised $7.8M and shutdown 6 mos later. Rumors are they ever actually closed it, which would make a lot more sense than they burned over $1M/mo. http://betabeat.com/2012/11/what-happened-to-loosecubes-new-enterprise-associates-closure-venture-coworking-dumbo/ http://betabeat.com/2012/11/what-happened-to-loosecubes-new-...
  - msrpotus 13y ago
    That would make sense. They just disappeared all of the sudden.
  - danso 13y ago
    The CEO gave an interview this February http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/report/loosecubes-pioneer-rides-the-ups-and-downs-of-startup-life/1328 http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/report/loosecubes-pioneer-ri... > A large part of that reported $7.8 million never actually came through. McKellar says that the investor syndicate, led by New Enterprise Associates, stopped funding the company. Faced with the decision of whether to operate on a severely amputated budget or to close down, she opted for the latter
- Kiro 13y ago
  What was it?
dmor 13y ago
Looks like it is time for me to make a data driven index of NYC startups. This is such fluff.
- codewright 13y ago
  Is this a coping mechanism for dealing with burnout for you?
- xo_Ox 13y ago
  Your indices of FB follows and twitter followers and Alexa rankings aren't "data driven." They take some numbers as inputs, sure, but that doesn't mean they're data-driven.
jgalt212 13y ago
These articles are really just signalling devices for which shops overspend on PR and/or have good looking founders.

39 points by pospischil 13y ago

lallysingh 13y ago

What would Time know about this?

welder 13y ago
Use Time's previous "Most Promising Startups" for their success rate: 2012 - http://www.timeinc.com/pressroom/10nycstartups2012.php http://www.timeinc.com/pressroom/10nycstartups2012.php 2011 - http://www.timeinc.com/pressroom/events/10nycstartups/ http://www.timeinc.com/pressroom/events/10nycstartups/ But then, how do you rate a startup as successful? Number of users, revenue, is being acquired a good or bad thing?

pavel_lishin 13y ago

I find it interesting that one of them is literally "like facebook, but for dogs".

wheaties 13y ago
Yeah, I lol'd at that. We actually made this joke at a meetup once: "Hi, we're a social network for people that like to share photos of their pets." Guess the joke's on us (or their investors whomever they may be.) Good luck to them if they can make it happen.
w1ntermute 13y ago
Klooff, if the pet lovers on HN want to check it out: http://www.klooff.com/ http://www.klooff.com/
- kitcar 13y ago
  Interestingly, they are a Chilean company, incubated at Startup Chile ( http://startupchile.org/startups/klooff/ http://startupchile.org/startups/klooff/ )
  - Geekette 13y ago
    Not a Chilean company, although they did participate in Startup Chile.

ramayac 13y ago

Loosecubes is now closed: https://www.loosecubes.com/ https://www.loosecubes.com/ Anyone knows what happend to them?

mindotus 13y ago
Not sure, will look into it but loved the concept and the design as well.
MattRogish 13y ago
Yup. Was a big head scratcher around here. They raised $7.8M and shutdown 6 mos later. Rumors are they ever actually closed it, which would make a lot more sense than they burned over $1M/mo. http://betabeat.com/2012/11/what-happened-to-loosecubes-new-enterprise-associates-closure-venture-coworking-dumbo/ http://betabeat.com/2012/11/what-happened-to-loosecubes-new-...
- msrpotus 13y ago
  That would make sense. They just disappeared all of the sudden.
- danso 13y ago
  The CEO gave an interview this February http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/report/loosecubes-pioneer-rides-the-ups-and-downs-of-startup-life/1328 http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/report/loosecubes-pioneer-ri... > A large part of that reported $7.8 million never actually came through. McKellar says that the investor syndicate, led by New Enterprise Associates, stopped funding the company. Faced with the decision of whether to operate on a severely amputated budget or to close down, she opted for the latter
Kiro 13y ago
What was it?

dmor 13y ago

Looks like it is time for me to make a data driven index of NYC startups. This is such fluff.

codewright 13y ago
Is this a coping mechanism for dealing with burnout for you?
xo_Ox 13y ago
Your indices of FB follows and twitter followers and Alexa rankings aren't "data driven." They take some numbers as inputs, sure, but that doesn't mean they're data-driven.

jgalt212 13y ago

These articles are really just signalling devices for which shops overspend on PR and/or have good looking founders.