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Show HN: RandomStartup.org – Refresh the page to discover another startup

119 pointsby paulborzaover 10 years ago

18 comments

stevewilhelmover 10 years ago
When is a startup no longer a startup?<p>Should mint.com (acquired by Intuit five years ago after raising thirty million in five rounds) or redfin.com (ten years old, and has raised a hundred million dollars in seven rounds) really be considered startups?
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fooycover 10 years ago
This looks like a collection of startups whose web site is vulnerable to click jacking [1]: they all allow to be embedded in an iframe.<p>[1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clickjacking" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Clickjacking</a>
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PSeitzover 10 years ago
I thought this is a really good startup generator, until I realized it&#x27;s real ...
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adevineover 10 years ago
Simple and useful, very cool.<p>One thing I thought was interesting as I was clicking around was how so many of the sites have &quot;converged&quot; to a single UI design style, e.g. full screen photo background overlaid with a short blurb about the site, and a big slightly rounded-rectangular &quot;start&quot; button (sometimes some text fields), then as you scroll down you usually get a couple horizontally laid out big icons, etc. etc.<p>Of course, this isn&#x27;t surprising, but it just becomes so apparent as you click refresh. Just thought it was interesting, that&#x27;s all.
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bdevaniover 10 years ago
Very addictive and a neat way to see what is going on out there with a quick browse.<p>I&#x27;d suggest more modern look and feel for the top bar, maybe something like a black bkgd with opacity? Currently it pulls the feel of the site down a bit.
rtkweover 10 years ago
A mechanism to flag sites as &#x27;not a start-up&#x27; would be good. There are already sites like 9gag and upworthy in the mix. (4 &amp; 144)
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michaelbuckbeeover 10 years ago
Neat! It&#x27;s like Stumbleupon for Startups. Also, I tried to add mine, but it&#x27;s restricted?
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desireco42over 10 years ago
I was thinking on making something like this, I am happy you beat me to it. Just remember, this should be used for discovery.<p>Scratch that, google docs for submittal :) seriously?! Even graduates from devbootcamp&#x27;s can do 100 times better and we should give them some slack.
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ecesenaover 10 years ago
Good job! How do you check if the startup&#x27;s site can be embedded into your iframe?
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crixletover 10 years ago
Nice, simple, and addictive! If you don&#x27;t mind, adding it to startuplister.com
iamshsover 10 years ago
It is kind of addicting.<p>1)The top bar can be improved.<p>2) Hackerrank constantly refreshes for me. Some sites do not load properly.<p>3) Lots of startups appear again, if a startup site has been shown can it be removed from the queque?
nawitusover 10 years ago
You could add a link to the startup in question to the panel. Sometimes the startup&#x27;s page doesn&#x27;t have a clear link to click on.<p>EDIT: Noticed that you can click the #&lt;number&gt;
computerjunkieover 10 years ago
I actually like this. Although it &quot;feels&quot; a bit slow when loading up the page, its compensated with a smooth scrolling experience which is not choppy.
ltcolemanover 10 years ago
Strangely enough, the first startup that was shown is the only startup from Arkansas that has gone to Y. I am a developer in Arkansas. Creepy.
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bhaumikover 10 years ago
Similar to: <a href="http://startuptabs.com/tab/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;startuptabs.com&#x2F;tab&#x2F;</a>
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ashleypover 10 years ago
Would be good if considers user location. I&#x27;m not interested in startups outside of my country =)
paulborzaover 10 years ago
I&#x27;ve built this over the weekend so that I get a chance to play around with Node.js
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techaddict009over 10 years ago
Everything looks fine. Please try to modify the css of the top frame. It looks little old. You can try modern flat colors.