Ask HN: Which startup is crushing it

7 points·alain94040··9 comments

Remember Dropbox four years ago? AirBnb after their second launch? I even remember turning down Pinterest to pitch at my meetup in 2009!

So which startup is crushing it this year? And equally importantly, how can you tell?

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DataSift is killing it, as is HootSuite, though I wouldn't consider them a startup now.

HootSuite is killing it in a different way altogether: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/hootsui...

In no particular order, and with no guarantees: CloudFlare, Uber, Lyft?

A criteria I use is whether non-techies use it. If the buzz is only among Silicon Valley insiders for too long, something is wrong. That's why I'm still not sure if Twitter will take off: I don't know anyone normal who uses it :-)

cloudpassage for their cloud security agent halo. plus their mascot is Don the daemon.

Still not sure if Twitter will take off? Are you kidding? What about the way the media has embraced Twitter? Not only does virtually every journalist use Twitter, but it's been widely incorporated into MSM broadcasts. It may not be a medium everyone uses in the way that nearly everyone posts Facebook statuses, but it's a medium that everyone pays attention to.

Are you kidding

Did you notice my use of the smiley? That might be a hint that yes, I was kidding.

hahaha my window size pushed the smiley to the next line and I missed it

WhatsApp. I don't know about the acquisition rumour, but the topic about it here on HN showed that its use is dominating the markets all over the globe.

Stripe is the most recent YC AirBnb/Dropbox IMHO.

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