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Why I Walked Away From a $12M Acquisition Offer 18 Months After Our Launch
Groove is now Helply!
Partnering with Mozilla
Mozilla announced that the Tor Project and the Center for Democracy & Technology will be part of...
An Update on Hacker News
I frequently get asked about the changes we’ve made and are making to Hacker News, so I wanted to share some updates. A lot of people feel strongly about HN. It’s an important part of the startup community and we want it to be both the best source of news and discussion about technology and startups and also welcoming…
Welcome, Ali
Edit: Ali is now the CEO of YC Continuity [http://ycombinator.com/continuity] I’m delighted to announce that Ali Rowghani is joining YC as a part-time partner. He will mostly focus on helping our alumni that are a few years out of YC scale their companies, but I’m sure the current batch will enjoy getting to know him…
A free, complete guide to Technical Analysis
Learn technical analysis - candlestick patterns, support & resistance, moving averages, RSI, MACD, Fibonacci retracements, Dow theory, and chart analysis.
Mayday.us
Online payment processing for internet businesses. Stripe is a suite of payment APIs that powers commerce for businesses of all sizes.
Dropbox is in your Office
The Dropbox with Microsoft Office 365 integration optimizes your workflow, simplifies collaboration, and increases productivity within apps. Try it now.
$300k for Cracking Telegram Encryption
$300,000 for cracking #Telegram encryption
Startup Fuck-ups: How we lost 25% of our monthly revenue overnight
The first in a blog series called “Startup Fuck-ups” on turning bad experiences into good practices.
From Fusion to Octopart and Back
Stay up to date with all the latest news and information through our blogs, guides, podcasts, articles, interviews and much more.
We Make Mistakes
We’ve just finished reviewing applications for the Winter 2015 batch and have sent out invitations for interviews. In this cycle we saw a +40% increase in the number of companies applying over the Summer 2014 batch. Reviewing this many companies is a humbling experience and one we take very seriously. Most of us who…
Mobile is Eating the World
There is no point in drawing a distinction between the future of technology and the future of mobile. They are the same. In other words, technology is now outgrowing the tech industry.
Google Fit: An effortless, comprehensive view of your fitness
When it comes to improving our fitness, every little effort counts. That’s why we’ve created Google Fit – a fitness app that helps you to...
Buffer raises $3.5M
We’re excited to make this the most transparent fundraise done to date. This post is an overview of why we're raising $3.5m in funding.
Porsche: The Hedge Fund That Also Made Cars
The story of how Porsche tried and failed miserably at its hostile takeover of Volkswagen.
AWS Frankfurt, Germany Region
It is time to expand the AWS footprint once again, this time with a new Region in Frankfurt, Germany. AWS customers in Europe can now use the new EU (Frankfurt) Region along with the existing EU (Ireland) Region for fast, low-latency access to the suite of AWS infrastructure services. You can now build multi-Region…
Google Inbox
Years in the making, Inbox is by the same people who brought you Gmail, but it’s not Gmail.