Startups Paul Likes
July 20, 2008
Paul Graham has listed the sort of startups he wants to fund through Y Combinator. The list includes, well, about everything I could even think of. What did he miss?
- A cure for the disease of which the RIAA is a symptom.
- Simplified browsing.
- New news.
- Outsourced IT.
- Enterprise software 2.0.
- More variants of CRM.
- Something your company needs that doesn’t exist.
- Dating.
- Photo/video sharing services.
- Auctions.
- Web Office apps.
- Fix advertising.
- Online learning.
- Tools for measurement.
- Off the shelf security.
- A form of search that depends on design.
- New payment methods.
- The WebOS.
- Application and/or data hosting.
- Shopping guides.
- Finance software for individuals and small businesses.
- A web-based Excel/database hybrid.
- More open alternatives to Wikipedia.
- A buffer against bad customer service.
- A Craigslist competitor.
- Better video chat.
- Hardware/software hybrids.
- Fixing email overload.
- Easy site builders for specific markets.
- Startups for startups.
