We converged on Tommy Doyle's Irish Pub in Harvard Square tonight to talk about YCombinator, startups, and how to start a tech business.
Paul Graham spoke at length about the YC app process and what has driven him to build one of the most successful early stage venture firms ever created. Kevin Merritt, founder of blist.com, talked about his experience building a startup to a successful exit (recently acquired by Microsoft), as well as his experience raising $6 million in Series A earlier this year for blist.com. Nabeel Hyatt of counduitlabs.com spoke a bit about how to decide whether to continue with your startup -- how you know to continue vs. call it quits.Many thanks to the fellow YC startups especially Anyvite.com for organizing and putting so much together tonight. It was great meeting friends old and new for drinks and good conversation. Slinkset, Startuply, Anyvite, Ticket Stumbler, Popcuts, and many of our other friends turned out to make the night a memorable one.
