Comments on: Which VC firm should I pitch?

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Which VC firm should I pitch? | Igniting Startups - nPost — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:45:00 +0000

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By: davidshore

davidshore — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:01:46 +0000

Hunch rocks!
I'll test from iPhone as well if it helps.

By: David Shore

David Shore — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:01:46 +0000

Hunch rocks!
I'll test from iPhone as well if it helps.

By: cdixon

cdixon — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:13:47 +0000

Thanks! I like our approach better too

There are a lot of patents out there, but also a ton of prior academic art.

By: Dave Blanchard

Dave Blanchard — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:22:41 +0000

I'm curious (if you want to answer/know yet) how the “Teach Hunch About You” section is being used to inform the results of individual questions, or are the data sets being kept separate for now? I wouldn't think that the type of art I like would inform the right VC firm for my startup…but that'd be interesting if it did!

PS Also happy to beta test an iPhone app if you need more looks.

By: Sekou Murphy

Sekou Murphy — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:59:19 +0000

“Teach Hunch About You” sounds like Netflix's star rating…it rates movies based on my prior ratings of similar movies. I like Hunch's approach better – give me both, since what the algorithm thinks I might like, might not be what I actually like, which has been the case.

But this brings up something…I remember Amazon (or Netflix) having a patent fight on the algorithms it used to create its recommendations (“If you like this, then you might like that”). Would such an algorithm, like the one Netflix uses (and presumably Hunch) be so generic that you couldn't patent it or infringe? No where near a patent guru, but curious.

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By: cdixon

cdixon — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:21:21 +0000

Yeah, the more beta tester the better.. I'll email you. Thanks!

By: Daniel Tunkelang

Daniel Tunkelang — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:58:55 +0000

East Coast + software = Union Square & Bessemer. Hard to argue with those answers.

By: reecepacheco

reecepacheco — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:51:51 +0000

Ha… I totally understand. Definitely a better pitch.

Need beta testers? Happy to test (for the iPhone).

By: cdixon

cdixon — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:47:57 +0000

yep, coming very soon…

By: reecepacheco

reecepacheco — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:38:03 +0000

I would think that a native mobile app would be in order (maybe in development already)… at the very least, I can imagine myself directing someone to a Hunch app when they can't make a decision…

By: cdixon

cdixon — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:24:59 +0000

Great! Our long term goal is for people to have enough good experiences like this that eventually come to use Hunch as an everday tool.

By: reecepacheco

reecepacheco — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:01:46 +0000

Just for fun, I used Hunch for this topic recently and I got almost exactly the results (firms) I thought I would get, wanted to get, and am actually pursuing, as well as a couple of suggestions for some other strong firms. Nice work, Chris.