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500 Combinators – Announcing the Merger of 500 Startups and Y Combinator (500.co)
21 points by jmui on April 1, 2014 | hide | past | favorite | 7 comments



> "Submissions will be accepted through Hacker News..."

Not sure if I'm supposed to create a new thread or just reply here.

I'm working on an app that will disrupt the photo sharing and virtual local assistant marketplaces, which form a combined $12.5B/year industry.

In short, it's the Neato for virtual local assistants. (Neato is the Cercle for local photo sharing, and Cercle is the Uber for individuals.) We'll use growth hacking hacking to grow virally, first in the SF area and then in China. (If we can get just .1% of the Chinese market, the app will be profitable within two years.)

Demo product is coming soon, but in the meantime I'm looking for a tech co-founder to turn my idea into a product. Being part of the 500 Combinators class will truly help me get this off the ground.

Thank you for your time and consideration,

Greg CEO & Founder, Assist'r'ly


(This is an April Fool's joke.)


(This is an April Fool's joke.)


hahahahahaha wow, you really need to catch a clue. I can't wait to work for you :)


Dumb Dumb Dumb Dumb. I hate this day. Every person without a sense of humor takes this day as an excuse to subject us all to awful jokes which then completely overwhelms any signal with stupid unfunny noise.


A better name for the merged incubator than "500 Combinators" would be "Y = 500".


sigh. channeling dang with the "please, please, please, stop upvoting these"




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