Ask YC: are you a UK-based hacker, or working on a startup in the UK?

Re:Ask YC: are you a UK-based hacker, or working on a startu... by ian on Wednesday November 14, 2007 @07:28AM (#79721)

Thanks very much for your feedback man. We're aware of the issue that occurs with a few bands (e.g. Underworld) and are fixing that. Imagine my horror when I was listening to one of my favourite London producers Burial and got recommended bands like Grave, Funeral, Resurrection. That'll be fixed soon.

We're also going to make the recommendations much more tour focused as you suggest. The goal is to really separate the signal out from the noise so you know which of the hundreds of small gigs going on are most likely to interest you.

We're also going to have user preferences for the recommendations (particularly how obscure you want them to be and whether you only want to see artists on tour. RIP B.I.G.)

Really interested to talk more at the hacker meetup. I've got a ton of emails so should be a good group.

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Re:Ask YC: are you a UK-based hacker, or working on a startu... by neil_cauldwell on Wednesday November 14, 2007 @12:26PM (#79773)

Hey Ian

You'll like this;

I've been in talks with a London-based investor. At the end of one of our meetings, the investor was checking his emails and pulled-up the Songkick powerpoint via an angel network they'd signed-up to! Then the following week you guys hit TechCrunch! That was pretty exciting and inspirational for me!

I'm eager to meet some fellow founders & hackers - so I've got to make OCC London and these hacker meetups...

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Re:Ask YC: are you a UK-based hacker, or working on a startu... by ian on Wednesday November 14, 2007 @02:34PM (#79820)

Thanks for letting me know!

Look forward to meeting you soon.

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