TechStars Launches Ten New Startups In Seattle

[kenjackson]

I love the first comment in the story:

"players hilariously give birth to a baby John Stamos, and then raise him over time"

I have been waiting for this for a long time. I can't believe nobody has done this already.

[frankdenbow]

You forgot my "How Rude!" part, which is a throwback to the immortal Stephanie Tanner: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U70oaQR6tKE

I am interested to see what Cabin Fever Toys ends up doing. Social entrepreneurship should be supported.

[jdp23]

The startup scene in Seattle is a lot smaller than in the Valley, but the quality is pretty high. Combine the TechStars list with the First Look Forum finalists from last month (which also include some non-tech startups) and it's an interesting picture of where the action is here.

[kapitti]

Interesting that TS would fund 2 companies basically doing the same thing: https://www.usingmiles.com/ & https://gomiles.com/

[catch23]

YC has a history of funding companies with nearly identical ideas too. I remember asking PG about it, and he says it's more about the founders than the idea since the idea is likely to evolve.

[fraXis]

It would be interesting to know if any of these were denied first by Y Combinator.

[lazyjeff]

From looking at the companies' websites, they seem to be nearly all started by founders living in Seattle or the Northwest, so probably not.

[qeorge]

Highlighter.com looks pretty cool actually, and that's a great domain. The description they gave it is terrible though - its a new kind of commenting system for bloggers, not a way to collect things you find online.

[jaxn]

I am excited to see what World Blender does with location-based gaming.