On: Y Combinator Unloads Massive New Batch of Start-Ups

[jonmc12]

Curious, only 32 of 63 are on the record. Seems like ratio was higher in previous classes. Any ideas why?

[kapilkale → jonmc12]

24/43 were on the record for YCW11, and 22/36 for YCS10.

So it goes 66% -> 55% -> 51% this batch. Not sure the reason for the trend, but it is getting harder to sift through this mass of startups.

http://allthingsd.com/20110322/meet-y-combinators-latest-cla... http://www.xconomy.com/san-francisco/2010/08/25/the-definiti...

[pg → jonmc12]

We used to have 3 variants of on the record: yes, no, and ok to list as part of roundups (but not to describe in detail). The third category was prone to misunderstanding and abuse so we got rid of it.

[nostromo → jonmc12]

Now that companies are getting 100k from YC and other incubators (AngelPad) they have a longer runway and more time to get their product right for launch.

[vaksel → jonmc12]

my guess is that people don't want to get lost in a sea of startups. Hard to cut through the noise...especially if something big launches the same day(i.e. mint etc)