Startups from Y Combinator’s S19 Demo Day 2

Re:Startups from Y Combinator’s S19 Demo Day 2 by glebedel on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @06:15AM (#20755919)

https://prooftrading.com/ this looks like a resume template. The "Progress" section's content is mind boggling to see.

"hire CTO" as a goal

Team capabilities star ratings...

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Re:Startups from Y Combinator’s S19 Demo Day 2 by paulcole on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @07:54AM (#20756454)

The gigantic Our Story section reads like YC Mad Libs.

> ______ is a bloated industry. It is opaque and old-fashioned, and it has not substantially improved through the technological revolution in the way other industries have, in part because there are tremendous barriers to entry for new innovative players.

> ______ is taking a crack at changing ______ for the better by starting with what we know: ________________________. We are building a nimble, transparent, highly effective ______ platform and hope to go live in 2020.

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Re:Startups from Y Combinator’s S19 Demo Day 2 by jerrre on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @08:23AM (#20756621)

> hope to go live in 2020

CURRENT_YEAR + 1

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Re:Startups from Y Combinator’s S19 Demo Day 2 by woah on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @10:25AM (#20757474)

Not good if it takes more than a year to launch an app

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Re:Startups from Y Combinator’s S19 Demo Day 2 by ttul on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @06:42AM (#20756055)

I love the transparency. The team seem to have extremely relevant skills and experience - they just are most definitely not CMOs.

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Re:Startups from Y Combinator’s S19 Demo Day 2 by the-dude on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @08:49AM (#20756731)

What is CMO in this context?

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Re:Startups from Y Combinator’s S19 Demo Day 2 by faichai on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @10:06AM (#20757264)

Chief Marketing Officer

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