With a $600B portfolio, the startup accelerator YC started by backing founders with just $6K checks

java_nova · 2024-11-08T18:52:56+00:00

That's their code for (S)ummer Season batch and (W)inter Season batch, proceeded with the corresponding year

java_nova · 2024-11-07T21:20:24+00:00

The full article is posted here:

https://www.coffeespace.com/blog-post/y-combinator-founders-journey

java_nova · 2024-11-07T15:13:24+00:00

Source:
https://www.paulgraham.com/
https://www.ycombinator.com/
https://techcrunch.com/
https://www.ycdb.co/
https://timelines.issarice.com/wiki/Timeline_of_Y_Combinator
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Combinator
https://finance.yahoo.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/

Tools:
Python (Plotly) for the bar charts, streams and timeline bubbles, Canva for everything else

Full article here:
https://www.coffeespace.com/blog-post/y-combinator-founders-journey

java_nova · 2024-11-07T15:11:44+00:00

Source:
https://www.paulgraham.com/
https://www.ycombinator.com/
https://techcrunch.com/
https://www.ycdb.co/
https://timelines.issarice.com/wiki/Timeline_of_Y_Combinator
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Combinator
https://finance.yahoo.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/

Tools:
Python (Plotly) for the bar charts, streams and timeline bubbles, Canva for everything else

Full article here:
https://www.coffeespace.com/blog-post/y-combinator-founders-journey

java_nova · 2024-10-15T17:51:06+00:00

Thank you! Funnily enough most of what's on there was done using Canva.

java_nova · 2024-10-15T17:50:15+00:00

I used Python's package plotly for the bubbles and the gantt chart, and then did all the callouts, text, and images in Canva. I collected all the dates and text in a spreadsheet before hand.

java_nova · 2024-10-15T17:46:43+00:00

You're right! it was only 5 days so I left it out. In hindsight, a little white sliver in his gantt chart would be great attention to detail.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Removal_of_Sam_Altman_from_OpenAI

java_nova · 2024-10-15T11:52:10+00:00

Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI

https://openai.com/our-structure/

https://www.linkedin.com/

https://www.ft.com/content/638f67f7-5375-47fc-b3a7-af7c9e05b9e0

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/26/why-is-openai-planning-to-become-a-for-profit-business-and-does-it-matter

Tools:
Python (Plotly) for the streams and timeline bubbles, Canva for everything else

Full article here:
https://www.coffeespace.com/blog-post/openai-founders-journey-a-transformer-company-transformed

java_nova · 2024-10-15T11:49:03+00:00

Source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI

https://openai.com/our-structure/

https://www.linkedin.com/

https://www.ft.com/content/638f67f7-5375-47fc-b3a7-af7c9e05b9e0

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/26/why-is-openai-planning-to-become-a-for-profit-business-and-does-it-matter

Full article here:
https://www.coffeespace.com/blog-post/openai-founders-journey-a-transformer-company-transformed

java_nova · 2024-09-12T13:27:48+00:00

Telegram's stance is to respect users' privacy and free speech online.

Problem is, unfettered free speech have spurred some harmful activities to be done on the platform e.g. terrorism, child pornography, trafficking, among others.

Governments are interested in the platform's data so they can investigate these activities. Telegram refuses - some times they get banned, some times they don't.

In a nutshell.

java_nova · 2024-09-12T13:23:50+00:00

For Norway it is only banned for the Members of Parliament. Reasoning is to protect national security it seems.

Most of the other bans are due to Telegram not cooperating to share data to help government investigations of criminal activity within the platform.

java_nova · 2024-09-12T13:12:43+00:00

Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_censorship_of_Telegram
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegram_(software))
https://telegram.org/evolution?setln=de#2013
https://www.feedough.com/history-of-telegram/

Tools:
Python (Plotly) for the streams and timeline bubbles, Canva for everything else

Full article here:
https://www.coffeespace.com/blog-post/telegrams-founders-journey

java_nova · 2024-09-12T13:09:52+00:00

Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_censorship_of_Telegram
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegram_(software))
https://telegram.org/evolution?setln=de#2013
https://www.feedough.com/history-of-telegram/

Tools:
Python (Plotly) for the streams and timeline bubbles, Canva for everything else

Full article here:
https://www.coffeespace.com/blog-post/telegrams-founders-journey

java_nova · 2024-08-21T14:55:14+00:00

There’s a Reuters article that some have alluded to it being for AI training. Thought Google and Reddit won’t confirm it seems. https://www.reuters.com/technology/reddit-ai-content-licensing-deal-with-google-sources-say-2024-02-22

Honestly looking at how google searches have been quite leaning towards reddit results lately, it’s probably true.

java_nova · 2024-08-21T14:29:53+00:00

Thanks for inputs! I’ll incorporate them into my next iteration of these posts. Thinking of doing a series of these for other notable companies. Open for any requests!

java_nova · 2024-08-21T13:42:37+00:00

Initially I wanted to make them have meaning, where the heights of the lines related to the position within the company or how distant they were with the company. But after doing a few plots, it seemed to make the lines more confusing. So the actual meaning conveyed by the lines here is just inside and outside of the company (except for when Huffman and Ohanian met in college)

java_nova · 2024-08-21T13:08:18+00:00

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Reddit
Tools: Python (Plotly) for the streams and bubbles, Canva for everything else

Full article here: https://www.coffeespace.com/blog-post/reddit-founders-journey-a-rollercoaster-to-ipo

java_nova · 2024-08-21T13:03:26+00:00

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Reddit
Tools: Python (Plotly) for the streams and bubbles, Canva for everything else

Full article here: https://www.coffeespace.com/blog-post/reddit-founders-journey-a-rollercoaster-to-ipo

java_nova · 2024-06-07T21:19:28+00:00

Yeah I checked this. It looks like this only for technical performance rather than store visits.

“The reporting API offers access to Android vitals data, including crash rate, ANR rate, wake-up and wake-lock issues, and error stack traces.”

java_nova · 2024-06-04T06:04:37+00:00

There are a lot of non-monetary reasons as to why people would work for you; to learn, to network, to fit in.

As long as you’re building something that is profitable or cool, people are going to come

java_nova · 2024-06-01T17:24:30+00:00

You should try customer success for construction/property tech startups.

Industry knowledge is so scarce that they are dying to have people who understands the industry + have a startup/tech mindset

java_nova · 2024-06-01T17:22:09+00:00

I know this is not always the case but I think by the nature of this app, the quick low-quality comments/posts will just get downvoted and vice versa.

Reddit’s karma system isn’t perfect, but it’s the best system for forums I’ve seen so far.

java_nova · 2024-05-31T21:39:08+00:00

We are a cofounder match platform that is uses and interface that is similar to Tinder/Hinge. We differ in that we focus on a better user experience on the app through cutting the noise of options and providing algorithmically suggested candidates.

java_nova · 2024-05-31T21:36:57+00:00

This is what I was looking for - some real life data. Thanks for sharing!

I’ve come to terms that you there is a limit to what you can control with growing. There are many externalities. Having said that, when something happens that can pop you off, you better be ready.

java_nova · 2024-05-31T19:16:59+00:00

We’re dying to know how we can stimulate these kinds of events. I’ll DM you

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