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Startup Ranking

27 pointsby nepsteinalmost 10 years ago

21 comments

steegoalmost 10 years ago
I&#x27;d much rather talk about startup pranking.<p>I worked at a startup that had a shared bathroom with a keypad on it. Somebody had the brilliant idea to tell the new guy the bathroom code was a 16 digit number. It worked because the only respected the last 4 digits to match the passcode. Everybody memorized the 16 digit code and made sure they entered it in when going to the bathroom when the new guy was around. The prank went on long enough that people wanted to see how long they could keep it going.<p>It was eventually spoiled when someone from the neighboring company witnessed the new guy entering the 16 digit code and pointed out the code was only 4 digits. As this was happening, it was witnessed by one of the architects and his cry of &quot;NOOOOOOOOOOOO&quot; could be heard throughout the floor.
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hoopismalmost 10 years ago
Was very disappointed when I realized that I had misread the URL...<p>This is not in fact a Startup Pranking website as I had thought.
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chiraualmost 10 years ago
I have no qualms with the address, it says exactly what the site does. Perhaps people should read thoroughly.<p>What I have qualms with though, is that you got my country flag wrong. You put a Zambian flag on Zimbabwe.
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ameliusalmost 10 years ago
Can mailchimp be considered a startup still?<p>Also, why can&#x27;t we just look at the Alexa stats for this?
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nitishmdalmost 10 years ago
Wow India comes right after US under countries, it would be interesting to see what the startup growth has been in the past two years
mtbcoderalmost 10 years ago
Based on the data points used, doesn&#x27;t this just simply favor startups that are more adept at SEO&#x2F;SEM and social media?
holifukalmost 10 years ago
Startup RANK = boring. Startup PRANK = fun. Needless to say I was disappointed.
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holifukalmost 10 years ago
Wanted to see some clever startup pranks. Disappointed.
pelfalmost 10 years ago
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robotnoisesalmost 10 years ago
It&#x27;s cool that you can put an aircraft into space and still be categorized as a startup.
afandianalmost 10 years ago
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;listverse.com&#x2F;2007&#x2F;08&#x2F;01&#x2F;top-10-silly-website-names&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;listverse.com&#x2F;2007&#x2F;08&#x2F;01&#x2F;top-10-silly-website-names&#x2F;</a>
snake_plisskenalmost 10 years ago
Heh it really says something about the current macro tech environment when that URL is misread and then everyone is actually disappointed when the site loads and it&#x27;s not about startup idea pranks.
mavromatisalmost 10 years ago
Seeing these comments I think website address does matter in some cases.
mpdehaan2almost 10 years ago
Is this intended to be searchable? It appears it only shows the top few.<p>Seeing the whole list and offering filtering options might make it a better tool for comparing social uptake and similar things.
dlsymalmost 10 years ago
I first thought this was some site about pranking startups...
charlieegan3almost 10 years ago
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.startupranking.com&#x2F;nginx" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.startupranking.com&#x2F;nginx</a> is a startup?
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dalek2point3almost 10 years ago
very basic question. where does the list of startups come from and how do you know what country a startup belongs to? making a list like this is harder than you think, so im curious to hear how these guys address it.
kozakalmost 10 years ago
The URL seems like it has something to do with pranking :)
paulhodgealmost 10 years ago
ThinkGeek is ranked higher than AirBnb. Sounds legit!
joostersalmost 10 years ago
...Because Klout was such a wildly-popular success?
cypher_glyphalmost 10 years ago
Start upranking what? Is this for a game?