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Lloyed and Alex will get you those sweet government tax credits (Gold)
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Pop up: ”Hi! How can I help you?" (Diamond)
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Videosharing for demos (while drinking wine out of a coffee mug) (Diamond)
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Record your sales demos to cut the salespeople who won’t stop talking over the prospect (not Gong) (Gold)
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Email marketing platform that proves bootstrapping can pay off (17 years later) (Gold)
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Startup credit card to pay for Uber Black rides and dinner at Saison (Platinum)
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Justin Kan went from streaming kill streaks on Fortnite to legal support for startups (Platinum)
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$7B customer service platform soon entering CRM that should have ponied up for Diamond (Gold)
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Deeply discounted products and a deeply indefensible product
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$699 machine to squeeze juice from a bag into your cup
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Proof that a black turtleneck alone does not give you the business skills of Steve Jobs
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Spotify killed the radio star
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Burning capital and calories with this wearable
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Gotta walk to UPS now because these guys went under
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Missed Q4 ‘18 earnings “cuz of China”
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This CEO sold parody cereal boxes to bridge his couch surfing alternative startup
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Shared inbox for teams, raised $66MM from Sequoia in five days
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Built the tallest tower in SF
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You were surprised to find out that you were 28% Icelandic. Mom?!
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“We’ve never met nor do we have shared connections but I’d love to add you to my network!"
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Pretty WiFi speakers in your rich friend’s bathroom
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Might be “Scariest IPO Filing You’ve Ever Seen” - $180MM losses on only $100MM revenue after $800MM in VC lollllll
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You used this for college user research projects before Typeform was cool
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Where you get attendees to register for your “New Year’s Eve party” so it feels more legit
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RIP iTunes 99¢ songs
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Jason Lemkin’s competitor who didn’t sell to Adobe
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The first console that made you dance in front of your tv
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Former world capital of tantrums disrupted by ecomm
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Be Kind, Please Rewind
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Sad Beanie Baby marketplace (145mm accounts hacked in 2104)
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How do I unlike this? (50mm accounts hacked in 2018)
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Credit score should be 0 (147mm accounts hacked in 2017)
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“Bullseye!”, said the hacker (110mm accounts hacked in 2013)
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When you don't want to carry your toilet paper and La Croix home from the grocery store
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Your mostly offensive Tweets that haven't seen the light of day yet
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"Yo Uncle Tony! Wanna put $25k into my cruditè vending machine startup?" round of funding*
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Use this app for 15 mins a day to brag about being zen
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I don't respect you enough to spend five minutes reading the thoughts you spent hours crafting so please just give me the 280 character summary
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The new Zagat (but also owns Zagat)
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How many go to your app/site per 30 days?
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YC news board
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SaaS income, every 30 days
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"I will be on vacation from Dec 6 to Jan 2
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