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A YC for world-changers

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26 pointsph0rque13 comments

I don't know if this idea is going to work out or not. One of the reasons that YCombinator works is that web based startups generally need very little initial investment. You can build a social website for well under $5,000/person for three months. Generally these world changing, end all hunger type ideas take a lot more to get going than that. It certainly seems like it's going to take a very large amount of capital and connections to make it actually work.

I don't even get what the site is for. Folks, if you are designing a site, make it obvious in 3 seconds what the point is.

This is the greatest failing in 95% of the sites I visit.

well, this particular page is a blog.

That wasn't obvious to me at first either. I checked the url and saw it. Presentation is HUGE.

On top of this, your service, so far, consists of me entering my email address. I think I'm doing YOU a service if I comply. Not sure why I should care yet though... Like I said, presentation is huge.

Work on making me (and everyone else) excited about what you're doing. And, since we're on the topic, the blog is arranged oddly. It wasn't obvious to me that the huge black text saying 'A Y COMBINATOR TO CHANGE THE WORLD' was merely a blog entry title and not the title of the page.

Sorry, my bad... but this isn't my web app. I saw it was a blog from the link url, when I read it originally, so I didn't have that confusion.

Nobody is blaming you dude. Just making a general observation.

Ditto on having no idea that it was a blog or what the 'point was'

ahh found it, scrolling halfway down the page:

"What We Do

MutatioMundus does seed funding for startups that are going to radically change the world in a positive way. Seed funding is the earliest stage of venture funding. It will pay your expenses, research and development, and prototype development while you’re getting started."

very interesting, this needs to be more obvious!

Uhhh, it's a blog...? Ring any bells? Used by people to produce content, share ideas, etc...

World-changers? A very noble ambition amidst the saturation of self-obsessed meandering web 2.0 circle-jerking that usually graces random blogs like this. But let me <rant> for a just a second oh so typically...

I'm so tired of the ___-changing or -changers meme! It's the worst kind of empty meaningless dribble that you'll find in bad technology articles.

A new Ruby VM? It's a gamechanger! Startup X integrated feature Y! This is unbelievable, gamechanging, news!

lol.. dude you really hate yourself.

You could go so far as to call it ... gamechanging.

Someone needs to learn basic page layout and design.

A Flash text headline? This couldn't be achieved with a simple .png? The lead sentence is jumbled next to it but then gets a quote box to follow all that? All these quotations and call out boxes just jumbles everything together.

It's a jumbled mess. Which makes me sad. Because it contains so much enthusiasm and hope. But it's way too much information all presented in one long page.

EDIT: I now understand why these design elements are on the page. This is just WP theme. I see. I think you guys need to pick another one because this design doesn't match with what you guys are doing at all. And those Flash banners need to go. Seriously.

RE-EDIT: So I thought this was the blog for a YC-like funding venture but it's not. It's just a blog by another company talking about the potential for one. Ignore my previous request to change the WP theme.

RE-RE-EDIT: Interesting idea.

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