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Re:Show HN: My open search index project, success or failure by hackscribe on Monday March 21, 2011 @12:16PM (#2350349)
I tried looking for outside funding early on but eventually got discouraged and gave up. I've started working on a new project this year and so my focus has shifted a bit. I may reconsider outside funding once again in a couple of months if I still own the site and the traction metrics are positive.

Haven't thought about applying to YC because I'm not much of a developer and without a technical co-founder I figure my chances of acceptance are very low.

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Re:Show HN: My open search index project, success or failure by mindcrime on Monday March 21, 2011 @12:25PM (#2350391)
Haven't thought about applying to YC because I'm not much of a developer and without a technical co-founder I figure my chances of acceptance are very low.

Low, maybe. Non-zero, almost certainly, based on what I've seen pg and others say here. Especially since you actually have something "live" that already has some traction. I think I saw somebody say something like "traction trumps everything" not long ago. Anyway, just a thought...

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