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Re:Y Combinator presents 26 new startups by rokhayakebe on Tuesday March 23, 2010 @07:29PM (#1214394)
He did not criticize. He just said he was not impressed. Frankly how often are you impressed with a product other than yours? Not so many times.

As for Zenedy. I think they are following the Demand Media model, and that has proven to be a business that generates a lot of money.

Do not discount affiliate marketers. If you look at startups that operate affiliate businesses they tend to become quickly profitable (frugalmechanic, ticketstumbler etc..)

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Re:Y Combinator presents 26 new startups by greendestiny on Tuesday March 23, 2010 @07:44PM (#1214423)
I guess, I just hear some version of the startups not being impressive, interesting or whatever else enough each time. I don't think his point was, I'm not impressed because its not mine, I think his point was he was disappointed.

There's nothing wrong with affiliate marketing, I'm just a little surprised to see the YC funding the old "pick area, get low quality freelance content, build search rank, sell affiliates" model.

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