Ask YC: Projects that inspire you

29 点作者 robmnl将近 17 年前

Hi YCers,Sometimes I stumble upon projects / startups really excite me.Years ago, I was really excited about del.icio.us: so clean, so nicely developed. Now it's been overrun a bit, quality has gone down.Today I stumbled upon http://weewar.com - So NICE! Well developed, so clean, just sexy.I'd like to know, what are startups out there that really inspire you, that are really just the cream of the crop - the small little % of stuff that really matters to you?I've been doing my own startup, and I can't say it has fulfilled me. I'm in a process of turning it around, asking myself what I really care about, what really inspires me. That's why I wanted to check with you guys / girls, what really inspires you.Thanks, Rob

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davidw将近 17 年前

In terms of sheer inspiration, I'm not sure startups are what do it for me. Stuff like the mars probes is what I want to stand up and cheer for.

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crystalarchives将近 17 年前

<a href="http://www.tinyurl.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.tinyurl.com</a>They're not really a startup since they only accept donations, but I loved the idea so much I made my own version which does not randomly assign a string but instead allows users to pick their own phrase: <a href="http://www.oneryng.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.oneryng.com</a>

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syia将近 17 年前

I really like <a href="http://37signals.com" rel="nofollow">http://37signals.com</a> business model. for me the basic thing that inspire me will the how the business model uniqueness :)

missenlinx将近 17 年前

I have to say its not the project which inspires me. Its the people behind the project.That being said I do enjoy reading about facebook progress in the world, quite inspirational.

markm将近 17 年前

I just spent 5 minutes of my life on <a href="http://littlegreatideas.com/willyou/index.php" rel="nofollow">http://littlegreatideas.com/willyou/index.php</a>A good one I found today was <a href="http://www.zoomii.ca" rel="nofollow">http://www.zoomii.ca</a>Sometimes if I've been working on facebook apps for a while I'll go back to my own site and smile.

evdawg将近 17 年前

<a href="http://www.plurk.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.plurk.com/</a>Why? Because they have a service that exists in a field that is hopelessly dominated by a single competitor (twitter). But they think they can do it anyways, and in many ways have created a superior product.

jhollingworth将近 17 年前

<a href="http://www.unfuddle.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.unfuddle.com</a>They have an amazing product and keep adding new features (e.g. recently added git support!). Awsome customer service, a person responded to my feature suggestion within 12h.Most importantly they have a good business model. Most startup's see a problem that needs solving and solve it with no regards to how to make money from it (ad revenue will not make you a millionarie unless your google!). They will ultimately fail. I like companies which actually have a little bit of business acumen and can actually find ways of making money from their product. 37signals is another company that does this well

dhotson将近 17 年前

I'm a big fan of MOO.comThey've got some really cool products and a really slick web site.I sometimes use them as a reference for my own web apps, which is basically a nice way of saying I've stolen ideas from them before. :)

jasonb05将近 17 年前

<a href="http://www.librarything.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.librarything.com</a> Simple, narrow, single guy for a month (initially), subscription model from day one.

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nir将近 17 年前

<a href="http://blinksale.com" rel="nofollow">http://blinksale.com</a> has a clean, simple interface and a useful service, that also has great business model built in.Flickr seems so obvious now that people forget how lame online photo sites were before it. Personally, at least for some time, Flickr made me invest more time and energy in taking better photos. It's naturally social, as opposed to glued on "social networking" features for many apps.

astrec将近 17 年前

rememberthemilk.com is pure cream, pardon the pun. It's a perfect example of a tiny, talented team building something people want (and love), without any fuss.

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apod将近 17 年前

I really liked <a href="http://twistori.com/" rel="nofollow">http://twistori.com/</a> very clean and sexy.

EastSmith将近 17 年前

<a href="http://getsatisfaction.com" rel="nofollow">http://getsatisfaction.com</a>Because, I can get to learn what people like, dislike, want, need, cry for. It is Feedback 2.0I am currently subscribed for few feeds for some products on my domain. Very informative.

rokhayakebe将近 17 年前

<a href="http://hellomynameise.com" rel="nofollow">http://hellomynameise.com</a> <a href="http://friendfeed.com" rel="nofollow">http://friendfeed.com</a> , although I believe it solves a problem by slowly creating another (noise)What I would really love today is an Intelligentsia. Something similar to a closed and secret community of smart people (which you find here) who share ideas, links,thoughts, solutions to our everyday problems. Think of it as a closed, secret invite only HN.

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pistoriusp将近 17 年前

Shaun Inman's <a href="http://haveamint.com" rel="nofollow">http://haveamint.com</a> is beautiful.

jraines将近 17 年前

www.everyblock.comI can't wait to see how far they progress towards very ambitious goals. Definitely seems like they've got the team to succeed. Also can't wait until they roll out to other cities.

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tachim将近 17 年前

<a href="http://www.anybots.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.anybots.com</a>

MaysonL将近 17 年前

OMeta: <a href="http://www.cs.ucla.edu/~awarth/ometa/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cs.ucla.edu/~awarth/ometa/</a>and the rest of VPRI's"STEPS Toward The Reinvention of Programming"q.G.

babul将近 17 年前

Using <a href="http://www.younoodle.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.younoodle.com</a> in early 2008 was as exciting as any site I used in years, simply because it was clean, functional, fast, responsive and most importantly allowed me to connect with people I was interested in and led to several meetups.Web communities are great and all that, but as I get older (sound like an old man even though I am a twenty-something) I actually want to meet people, network, and have deeper more meaningful engagements (...ok ...real-world fun & parties ;) ).

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edw519将近 17 年前

<a href="http://wufoo.com/" rel="nofollow">http://wufoo.com/</a><a href="http://www.weebly.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.weebly.com/</a><a href="http://geticeberg.com/" rel="nofollow">http://geticeberg.com/</a><a href="http://wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">http://wordpress.com/</a>All sites that let the user build something of his own. I've always been fascinated by this approach.All very clever and very cool.(Now all we need is a site that lets the user build a site that lets his user build a something of his own.)

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