My site was having hosting issues this morning but I really wanted to get this “morning after” post out, reflecting on the reactions to Y Combinator Demo Day yesterday among friends, investors and the press. You can read the full article on my Distribution Hacks blog “YC Demo Day, the Morning After”.
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Apparently, this year it’s particularly in vogue to express a certain ennui about the batch of Y Combinator startups that presented at Demo Day.
As I checked in with investors and friends who attended the event, the overwhelming response was that there were tons of solid companies but nothing “amazing†or “10xâ€.
Even the tech press can’t seem to get behind one single company…