Comments on: What Surprised Me About Y Combinator’s ‘Startup Ideas We’d Like To Find’ http://www.mikestopforth.com/2008/07/20/what-surprised-me-about-y-combinators-startup-ideas-wed-like-to-find/ Entrepreneur | Writer | Speaker Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:02:15 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Recent Links Tagged With "combinator" - JabberTags http://www.mikestopforth.com/2008/07/20/what-surprised-me-about-y-combinators-startup-ideas-wed-like-to-find/comment-page-1/#comment-77773 Recent Links Tagged With "combinator" - JabberTags Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:50:08 +0000 http://www.mikestopforth.com/2008/07/20/what-surprised-me-about-y-combinators-startup-ideas-wed-like-to-find/#comment-77773 [...] by UnderGroundGamers on Sun 28-12-2008 New York recap Saved by hammerdrill5 on Sun 28-12-2008 Mike Stopforth » What Surprised Me About Y Combinator’s… Saved by bobthecow on Wed 24-12-2008 Y Combinator’s Popcuts Pays You To Find Good New Music [...]

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]]> By: alan http://www.mikestopforth.com/2008/07/20/what-surprised-me-about-y-combinators-startup-ideas-wed-like-to-find/comment-page-1/#comment-46222 alan Sat, 09 Aug 2008 06:43:45 +0000 http://www.mikestopforth.com/2008/07/20/what-surprised-me-about-y-combinators-startup-ideas-wed-like-to-find/#comment-46222 gotta love #29... ;) gotta love #29… ;)

]]> By: Neil Blakey-Milner http://www.mikestopforth.com/2008/07/20/what-surprised-me-about-y-combinators-startup-ideas-wed-like-to-find/comment-page-1/#comment-45056 Neil Blakey-Milner Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:39:35 +0000 http://www.mikestopforth.com/2008/07/20/what-surprised-me-about-y-combinators-startup-ideas-wed-like-to-find/#comment-45056 There are few revolutionary innovations - most that seem to be revolutionary only seem so from outside. As you say, execution is everything. Paul Graham has mentioned dating before in his essays, and I think he's right about it, and also about auctions, and even also about photo and video sharing. AltaVista looked fairly unassailable before Google stole their entire userbase over a short period of time - by connecting people to what they wanted better. Dating and auction are also a form of search... There are few revolutionary innovations – most that seem to be revolutionary only seem so from outside. As you say, execution is everything.

Paul Graham has mentioned dating before in his essays, and I think he’s right about it, and also about auctions, and even also about photo and video sharing. AltaVista looked fairly unassailable before Google stole their entire userbase over a short period of time – by connecting people to what they wanted better. Dating and auction are also a form of search…

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