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TechStars Launches Ten New Startups In Seattle

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I love the first comment in the story:

"players hilariously give birth to a baby John Stamos, and then raise him over time"

I have been waiting for this for a long time. I can't believe nobody has done this already.

You forgot my "How Rude!" part, which is a throwback to the immortal Stephanie Tanner: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U70oaQR6tKE

I am interested to see what Cabin Fever Toys ends up doing. Social entrepreneurship should be supported.

Hmmm... didn't get the reference originally. I didn't know who Stephanie Tanner was. It definitely ain't no, "What chou talkin bout Willis!". :-)

The startup scene in Seattle is a lot smaller than in the Valley, but the quality is pretty high. Combine the TechStars list with the First Look Forum finalists from last month (which also include some non-tech startups) and it's an interesting picture of where the action is here.

Interesting that TS would fund 2 companies basically doing the same thing: https://www.usingmiles.com/ & https://gomiles.com/

YC has a history of funding companies with nearly identical ideas too. I remember asking PG about it, and he says it's more about the founders than the idea since the idea is likely to evolve.

It would be interesting to know if any of these were denied first by Y Combinator.

From looking at the companies' websites, they seem to be nearly all started by founders living in Seattle or the Northwest, so probably not.

Huh? People move to the valley for yc all the time, even if they don't stay there forever.

Highlighter.com looks pretty cool actually, and that's a great domain. The description they gave it is terrible though - its a new kind of commenting system for bloggers, not a way to collect things you find online.

I am excited to see what World Blender does with location-based gaming.

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