Do I need the desktop client to access the product on mobile?

Yes, but we have more details on our cloud offering coming soon

Hackernews module is coming in next release...you'll be able to add it to your Wildcard feed. Happy to talk product if anyone wants to dig in

Happy to talk about it if anybody is interested...

really detailed description of what cards are, why they matter, and directory of resources/content on the subject

This is a really straight forward explanation of how to implement cards in Twitter. Each social platform (Pinterest, FB, Goog Now, Twitter) requires a different implementation to achieve a similar goal. This is a good nuts and bolts view of what you need to do in Twitter to make it happen

hey...no specific program...almost all of them follow the same format (which i think is largely influenced by the success of YC)

The format of TechStars is pretty different from YC.

PG, it's not just YC that I'm talking about, it's lots of other accelerators...but i do have multiple concrete datapoints from investors who committed on the spot across accelerators post demoday...

re: 3-5 yr commitments: that's how long it takes to exit a company. As a founder, I view the acceptance of outside capital as a commitment to return their investment. emotionally, i think you are signing up for the long hall when you accept investment

re: Greplin, i agree, perfect example of someone who actually didn't try to raise a big seed round at demo day, but capitalized over time after demo day, once he was more sure of what he was doing...i think that's the model to follow, not just raise because it's demo day, right?

Committing on the spot can happen, but it's the exception, and a small one. I'd be surprised if it accounted for 5% of investments out of DDay. So it's misleading to describe DDay as if that was how things worked.

It was not a tactical choice by Greplin not to raise a large round after DDay. No one would give them one. But your advice for me was not to tell people only to raise small amounts. I often do that. You said I should tell people to quit, which would be a mistake, because I don't know yet which ones I should be telling to quit.

How often have you told groups to quit, even one year later?

Dozens of times, I would guess, because dozens of startups we've funded have given up, and usually they consult me first.

Which is the first go: Money or motivation?

Usually money. A startup can change what it's working on, so as long as there's money left, they can simply restart if an idea seems hopeless.

When motivation goes first, it's usually because the founders had a falling out.

What is the typical circumstance where you tell the founders to quit?

When they're out of money and they say they want to.

hey, i just want to be clear. i wasn't writing that post to you. I've been to demo days from a bunch of accelerators, so i'm drawing on datasets beyond just YC and YC Dday...but in your case, i'm not suggesting that you tell people to quit, but i do think there should be a group who are told "you're not there yet, you shouldn't try to raise capital now" or something like that. Let them work through and get to a point where they are confident in their businesses before they raise, etc...

(FYI typo fix: replace 'diluting' with 'deluding the' in your article)

(also, is is "long haul" not "long hall")

thanks :)

peep that API: http://hyperpublic.com/developers

definitely agree, explicitly soliciting feedback and input is better than just hoping for response to updates. but even if an investor has 10's or 100's of investments, reading and replying to updates is the minimum commitment they should make to their companies. if they are to busy to read and reply to their portfolio entrepreneurs, they shouldn't be making new investments...