> Shout out to Syrus Akbury (W19), Ian Tien (S12), and Taariq Lewis (S15) for encouraging me to apply and helping me with my application way back when :)
But seriously, thank you so much Syrus! I was thinking about you 3 the whole time while I wrote the post, hoping it would help someone else like how you helped me!
Given that you helped on it, what do you think made it stand out? From just reading through it, to me personally it doesn’t sound super in-depth or convincing, but I’d like to learn what I’m missing.
Basically, looks like they wasted a lot of time building collaborative knowledge graph features, and then realized no one really wanted them. By that point there were mature single-user alternatives and they were no longer competitive.
wow! the YC application has changed quite a bit since the early days. Employment history and "Should you be selected for interview, we may ask for references"!
[+] [-] syrusakbary|2 years ago|reply
A mention for those who helped a bit on the application as a token of appreciation would had been nice...
[+] [-] tangjeff0|2 years ago|reply
> Shout out to Syrus Akbury (W19), Ian Tien (S12), and Taariq Lewis (S15) for encouraging me to apply and helping me with my application way back when :)
But seriously, thank you so much Syrus! I was thinking about you 3 the whole time while I wrote the post, hoping it would help someone else like how you helped me!
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https://twitter.com/AthensResearch/status/159113849137912217...
Basically, looks like they wasted a lot of time building collaborative knowledge graph features, and then realized no one really wanted them. By that point there were mature single-user alternatives and they were no longer competitive.
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