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JamLegend was a participant in LB08. We've been in the News.YC community for a while (have quite a large number of YC friends in the bay area).

I'm going to personally blog about the experience, but if anyone has any questions, post here and I'd be happy to answer.

Now that YC will be located in the Bay Area for the near future, LaunchBox is a pretty good East Coast alternative.

Dude, JamLegend is so awesome. Thanks for the great work on it.

Though it could use some more popular music. Are you guys looking to partner with any labels or artists?

Thanks for the kind words. Yeah, we're going to eventually partner with labels/artists, but we're doing great with just the independent/promotion route.

Hey Andrew,

I'll actually be heading back to my old stomping grounds (Georgetown) in a few weeks. Perhaps we can meetup, grab coffee and talk about your experience with LaunchBox.

Let me know if you're interested. Email: HN username @gmail.com

This is probably the most legit competitor of Y Combinator. Don't lump it in with Dreamit Ventures, LaunchBox has had some pretty cool (and popular) startups.

One of the Launchbox founding partners was appointed head of the FCC. That's about as legit as it gets.

Zadby here. We were a member of the LB08 class. Extremely valuable connections and advice came out of this program. We wondered ahead of time if we were too advanced for seed funding, but we had no questions about the value after the program. Terrific investors/advisors/program.

mpowerplayer from the previous round got $2.5M in September from New Atlantic Ventures.

From your comments, LaunchBox Digital looks like a good firm, to receive a fund for my startup..

But I still feel that Y-Combinator is better... maybe because it's owners.. I just like them!

Anyway, any startup needs people who can understand it's needs, and provide the right advice in the right time...

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