I was curious where they were hosted so I thought I'd share. The script is based on an old post by cperciva <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=65022" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=65022</a>.<p><pre><code> Slicehost LLC 6
tipjoy.com
baseshield.com
mightyquiz.com
insoshi.com
stanfordturf.com
280slides.com
Amazon.com, Inc. 4
8aweek.com
webmynd.com
deluux.com
wundrbar.com
SoftLayer Technologies Inc. 3
snaptalent.com
chatterous.com
omnisio.com
Peer 1 Network Inc. 2
rescuetime.com
addher.com
HERAKLES LLC 1
mixwit.com
Hollywood Interactive, Inc. 1
yumdots.com</code></pre>
My votes go to:<p>-RescueTime (So freaking valuable!)<p>-Kirkland North (definitely going to grow their userbase quickly! (once they launch))<p>-Chatterous (Because I had a very similar idea)<p>-------------------------------------------------<p>My notes are to:<p>-insoshi (you have an indirect competitor, lovdbyless, it's a rails based opensource social network maker thing)<p>-deluux (my first interpretation of what you guys do was a single login for every site (like openID or w/e) but then my second interpretation was that I can show my facebook page or elements from it, on my own site? Like a widget(s)? That would be awesome!)<p>-joberator(i think we simply need more developers, not referrals, because, at least in S. Florida, finding a developer through craigslist, career builder or monster is NOT easy, and my CS major friends dont have any referrals, period and they are in their last year of college, so I have to wait for them to graduate which is not sufficient)<p>-wundrbar(dont know if this is possible, but if you could simply be an option in the dropdown that accompanies that search box in top right of FireFox and IE7, that would ROCK MY FREAKING WORLD!)
If I were a betting man, SnapTalent would be the first I'd put coin on. I didn't actually think much of it (and, in fact, I think when I first talked to them early in Winter08 they didn't even have any useful code written yet...but maybe I'm misremembering), until they'd actually launched. It really looks great, though--a perfect way to handle the tech jobs market, which is a HUGE industry in and of itself. Monster and Dice have been fighting it out for years, and spending millions just marketing themselves. SnapTalent allows the world of bloggers and tech sites to market for them. Recipe for win if ever I saw one.
My favorite is TipJoy. The problem was in the air, PG himself teased everybody with it, but yet nobody took the trouble of actually tackling it. Neat approach, nice execution. Bravo!<p>Another big one, I think, is SnapTalent. The existing system of finding people to work is pretty much an "offline approach" ported over the net. SnapTalent actually uses the technology to improve the effectiveness of the process. I only hope that their users (companies) will be smart enough to recognize the potential. If I were monster.com (are they still around?) I'd grabbed these guys immediately.
280Slides caught my attention - sounds like Zenter - The Sequel?<p>In fact, RescueTime & 8AWeek also sound awfully similar, don't they? This raises an interesting question. As number of YC companies increases, the chances of "collision" increases too. How is that handled?
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MightyQuiz ...The site is very sticky: the average session lasts 8 minutes (or 19 questions). As a comparison, the founders claim that Slate has an average session length of 4:22 and Wired has 3:34.<p>Are 3-8 minute sessions any indication of success? My site gets over 10 minutes right now.
I get so excited to see whats coming out next from the YC womb. I'm very excited about InSochi and tipJoy especially. I can see non-profits and charities even using tipJoy . Pretty hip stuff!