Ryan said: You'll want to take a look at this quick summary of the Y Combinator startups that presented their demos yesterday. My favorites? JobPic, HighlightCam, and FlightCaster. Added: August 20, 2009 at 8:41AM EDT
Ryan said: Scott Rosenberg on the "future of journalism" request for ideas from Y Combinator: "Graham’s challenge is elegantly simple: Instead of starting with the journalism and then puzzling out how to support it, start with the plan for revenue, then figure out what journalism might complement it. Recognize that the realm where innovation is most needed is the business side and how it relates to the journalism." Added: August 17, 2009 at 1:55PM EDT
Ryan said: MG Siegler pens the TechCrunch post on Y Combinator's new "Requests for Startups" including the first one, on the future of journalism: "This RFS is just the first of 3 to 5 that Y Combinator hopes to get out there before the October 26 Winter 2010 class application deadline, Graham tells us. Startups applying specifically for these RFS ideas will be able to indicate that on their applications." Added: August 17, 2009 at 1:51PM EDT
Ryan said: The first YCombinator "request for startups" asks: "What would a content site look like if you started from how to make money—as print media once did—instead of taking a particular form of journalism as a given and treating how to make money from it as an afterthought?" Added: August 17, 2009 at 1:46PM EDT