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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 30 Oct 2013

    28.2% of the applications for the upcoming YC batch call what they're building a "platform."

    10:19 PM - 30 Oct 2013
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      2. Cyrus Lohrasbpour‏ @Cyrus 30 Oct 2013
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg Shh... you're spoiling that "demo day bingo" game four months in advance.

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 31 Oct 2013
        Replying to @Cyrus

        @Cyrus By demo day they will have had this nonsense beaten out of them, er I mean have been trained to be more precise.

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      2. Joel Spolsky‏Verified account @spolsky 31 Oct 2013
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg highly optimized echo chamber

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      3. Matt Wensing  🐙‏ @mattwensing 31 Oct 2013
        Replying to @spolsky

        @spolsky @paulg Can one of you wiser gentleman please define "platform" properly? That might help reduce that percentage. :)

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      4. Joel Spolsky‏Verified account @spolsky 31 Oct 2013
        Replying to @mattwensing

        @mattwensing they're using the word correctly. Everybody told them VCs want to invest in platforms so that's what they made

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      1. Jeff Clavier‏ @jeff 31 Oct 2013
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        @paulg vs how many in a vertical delivery business of some sort ;-) ?

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      1. Bill Clerico‏Verified account @billclerico 30 Oct 2013
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        @paulg making YC a platform for platforms?

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      1. Dave Cheney‏ @davecheney 30 Oct 2013
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        @paulg things are looking up for the remaining 71.8%

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      1. Jason Cohen‏Verified account @asmartbear 30 Oct 2013
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        @paulg I hear Sand Hill no longer likes "platform" plays thanks to some notable failures. What metrics etc overcomes that bias?

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      1. Iman Jalali‏Verified account @Stealx 30 Oct 2013
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        @paulg they better learn about "pivoting" soon

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      1. Rodney Ramsey‏ @RodneyRamsey 30 Oct 2013
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        @paulg You've just panicked 28.2% of your applicants.

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      1. Richard Cunningham‏ @rythie 31 Oct 2013
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        @paulg Is that an instant rejection then? I wonder what % have already done customer development

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      1. Sean Byrnes‏ @sbyrnes 30 Oct 2013
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        @paulg Note to self - Need to start company that makes building platforms easier...

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      1. Josh McHugh‏ @Mc_Huge 30 Oct 2013
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        @paulg what %age used the term "gizmo"?

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      1.  🤷‍♂️Chris Gale 🙅‍♂️‏ @m0nastic 30 Oct 2013
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        @paulg I’d recommend only accepting ones that are building an oil platform. I suspect good returns on those.

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      1. william ricker‏ @n1vux 30 Oct 2013
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        @paulg if the "platform" doesn't specify Masonry or Plywood ...

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      1. Bassem Elhawary‏ @Belhawary_ 4 Nov 2013
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        RT “@paulg: 28.2% of the applications for the upcoming YC batch call what they're building a "platform."”

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      1. Sam Eitzen‏ @sameitzen 31 Oct 2013
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        @paulg Curious about how you'd define platform in this sense? do those startups' descriptions line up with you def?

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