Ask HN: What is your favorite YC startup?

by sahillavingia on 10/14/2010, 8:36 PM with 5 comments

Based on any factor(s) you want. :)

  • by staunch on 10/14/2010, 9:05 PM

    Dropbox. They have an awesome product and it generates a lot of revenue. I believe they will be the first mega exit for YC. At least $100M and probably closer to The Big B.

  • by wensing on 10/14/2010, 9:02 PM

    Sorry, I have to choose multiple for various reasons:

    AirBnB, because it appears to be immensely profitable and those guys worked hard in some very creative, unorthodox ways to get it going.

    Justin.TV, because the founders have always been nice, helpful, and approachable with me whenever I've needed advice/help/insights.

    Directed Edge, because wheels is wheels.

  • by rachnaspace on 10/15/2010, 12:00 AM

    From exit and revenue generation perspective, my vote goes to -

    - Dropbox: Great product. Awesome team. Good market with revenue possibilities.

    - Hipmunk: User experience in flight travel search has sucked for a very long time. But, users are now getting spoilt by ridiculously awesome user experience provided by companies in a lot of different areas. So they will start expecting the same for travel search too. Hipmunk could totally revolutionize travel search and make it exceedingly simple and pleasant experience - their team has potential to make it happen. And, travel search is a huge opportunity from revenue perspective.