Learn about other YC Summer 2014 Applicants

4 points by acpk 12 years ago | 6 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

WriteYourRep 12 years 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.

gault8121 12 years ago |

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

WriteYourRep 12 years ago | |

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

gault8121 12 years 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

chatmasta 12 years ago |

Has anyone received an interview/rejection email yet?

vqc 12 years ago | |

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