CarWoo (YC S09): Dispelling 3 myths about Y Combinator

The irony of a 32-year-old considering himself "old" and claiming that therefore ageism doesn't exist at YC is great. I'm not saying YC is at all ageist, but the fact that at 32 he believes it would already apply to him speaks volumes about how endemic ageism is in tech.

I'm currently searching for a new car, so I thought I'll check out CarWoo.<p>Here are some issues I ran into:<p>1. Can we have photos of the different models next to the drop down list? and maybe a short summary of the differences? I know I want a MINI, but I didn't even know there are three different kinds, so obviously I don't know which one I want.<p>2. Same for trims. At least a link to the manufacturer site to help me figure this out.<p>3. Mention payments only after I entered all my details? This seems unfair!<p>4. I feel incredibly uncomfortable to pay for the privilege of you giving my details to dealers. Shouldn't they be paying you because you are sending them buyers?<p>5. Also, why should I pay upfront? What if I don't get a good deal out of this?<p>6. I tried to ask all this at the nice chat, but after typing my question and clicking "submit" my text just disappeared and I never got a reply. I'm using Chrome, btw.<p>7. So no, I'm not convinced, and I see no reason to spend time watching videos of happy customers. I'm not into testimonials anyway. How about some statistics? What's the expected dollar value of savings for the model I'm trying to buy?<p>I hope my comments are at least somewhat useful, and my apologies if the tone is snarky - I got upset at the non-working chat.

Thanks for sharing.<p>On a completely side note I noticed that Brendan Schaub had a CarWoo logo on his shorts at UFC121, so someone at CarWoo must like MMA. Anyway, I've always been curious about how much those fighters charge to have advertisers on their shorts...would you mind sharing how much it cost you? :)<p>Apologies to the moderator gods for the random and off topic question.

<i>We have raised over $6M and while YC helped us and we are extremely appreciative, the hard work we put into CarWoo! and our determination to build a huge company was the key to our success.</i><p>raising venture capital != success. Not for a scalable, repeatable <i>business</i> anyways.

I'd love to hear more about how they lined up their dealer network.

I was biting my fingernails as I read your first paragraph...well played sir.