Tag: YCombinator

Life In Front Of The Camera

Tags: Justin.tv + Y Combinator + Justin Kan + Emmett Shear

Kevom
Posted by Kevom 1 year 5 months ago; via justin.tv

It's the first 24/7 reality internet tv show where the host is not tied to a fixed PC webcam. This is from the same guys who founded Kiko, the online Ajax calender.

Briefly, what's special is these guys have developed a cost-effective way to broadcast video 24/7 to the internet, which is a non-trivial problem to solve. The implications are huge - citizen journalism has potentially entered a new level.

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The 18 Mistakes That Kill Startups

Tags: Paul Graham + Startup + VC + Angel + Y Combinator

Kevom
Posted by Kevom 1 year 10 months ago; via paulgraham.com/startupmis...

"The 18 Mistakes That Kill Startups," documents the mistakes that startups make that doom them from the time of entering the corporate world. As usual, I like Paul Graham's startup advice, mainly because he takes pretty obvious things and puts them right in your face.

1. Single Founder
2. Bad Location
3. Marginal Niche
4. Derivative Idea
5. Obstinacy
6. Hiring Bad Programmers
7. Choosing the Wrong Platform
8. Slowness in Launching
9. Launching Too Early
10. Having No Specific User in Mind
11. Raising Too Little Money
12. Spending...

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Kiko Sells for $258,100

Tags: Kiko + YCombinator + Paul Graham + Justin Kan + Emmett Shear + AJAX

Kenshi
Posted by Kenshi 2 years 13 days ago; via cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI...

Kiko, the calendar company backed by Paul Graham sells for $258,100!

In the final lap, it looks like there were about five active bidders in the final stages, the original auction was terminated by eBay.

The company recently became talk of the blogs, when the founders decided to cut their losses, and put the company on sale on eBay, Kiko’s angel round was $50,000 in convertible debt.

One of the most interesting parts of this transaction is that eBay along with all the publicity generated about the auction acted as the investment...

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