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Re:Ask HN: What is Y Combinator's 'anti-portfolio' like by Alex3917 on Saturday September 05, 2009 @10:11AM (#806546)
My business became profitable this month, but it's not the same as the idea I applied to YC with. Not sure whether that counts or not, since apparently half of YC folks change their idea anyway. To be fair though I don't think I could have done it without going through Seth's MBA program, which was a lot more hands on than YC. (In terms of more contact hours, more formal instruction, more varied curriculum, more opportunity to find a diverse set of mentors, etc.) Also not the same co-founder, but the co-founder I applied with wasn't the problem.
Re:Ask HN: What is Y Combinator's 'anti-portfolio' like by billbarhydt on Saturday September 05, 2009 @11:22AM (#806605)
Alex3917 is there a link to your company I could check out. Congratulations on a huge milestone. I hope you take time to celebrate.
Re:Ask HN: What is Y Combinator's 'anti-portfolio' like by Alex3917 on Saturday September 05, 2009 @11:48AM (#806652)
Thanks bill, the link is swagapalooza.com. Basically it's a conference that I'm leveraging to do other things. Hopefully I'll be able to post more about this over the next 6 months.
Re:Ask HN: What is Y Combinator's 'anti-portfolio' like by ashishk on Saturday September 05, 2009 @01:02PM (#806756)
Basically it's a conference

The first header on your page is "NOT A CONFERENCE"

Re:Ask HN: What is Y Combinator's 'anti-portfolio' like by Alex3917 on Saturday September 05, 2009 @03:13PM (#806904)
I mean what's the point of starting a business if not to mess with people? :-)