Learn about other YC Summer 2014 Applicants

4 pointsacpk11y ago6 comments

I would love learn more about other YC summer '14 applicants, so I've watched a few founder introduction videos. Anyone want to post info on his or her start-up?

My company, CallRed, allows users to quickly message top-tier support at a number of businesses including Comcast, AT&T, USPS and Time Warner. We were featured in lifehacker last week and they’re doing a follow-up article tomorrow (shhh).

http://lifehacker.com/callred-gets-you-help-from-companies-terrible-at-custom-1561087994

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WriteYourRep11y ago

I'm working on https://writeyourrep.org

We mail a real letter to your representatives in congress. The growing disconnect between congress and citizenry is disconcerting. We make it easier to have a voice in policy.

We've partnered with a few groups for letter writing campaigns and see a little organic traffic as well.

gault812111y ago

I'm building Quill.org, a web app that provides interactive English grammar lessons.

WriteYourRep11y ago

This is really neat. What powers the corrections? I was stunned by the results of the paragraph about Shackleton.

gault812111y ago

Thanks for the feedback! The errors are manually seeded into the passages. We've built approximately 30 hours worth of lessons at: http://www.quill.org/lessons

chatmasta11y ago

Has anyone received an interview/rejection email yet?

vqc11y ago

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7593830. They will be sending stuff out after 7PM.

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Learn about other YC Summer 2014 Applicants

4 pointsacpk11y ago6 comments

I would love learn more about other YC summer '14 applicants, so I've watched a few founder introduction videos. Anyone want to post info on his or her start-up?

http://lifehacker.com/callred-gets-you-help-from-companies-terrible-at-custom-1561087994

6 comments

WriteYourRep11y ago

I'm working on https://writeyourrep.org

We mail a real letter to your representatives in congress. The growing disconnect between congress and citizenry is disconcerting. We make it easier to have a voice in policy.

We've partnered with a few groups for letter writing campaigns and see a little organic traffic as well.

gault812111y ago

I'm building Quill.org, a web app that provides interactive English grammar lessons.

WriteYourRep11y ago

This is really neat. What powers the corrections? I was stunned by the results of the paragraph about Shackleton.

gault812111y ago

Thanks for the feedback! The errors are manually seeded into the passages. We've built approximately 30 hours worth of lessons at: http://www.quill.org/lessons

chatmasta11y ago

Has anyone received an interview/rejection email yet?

vqc11y ago

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7593830. They will be sending stuff out after 7PM.

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