Slinkset
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Slinkset was a San Francisco-based, 2-person startup in Y Combinator's Summer 2008 batch. It operated a white-label social news platform that let anyone start a social news site—with features such as votable lists—and integrate it into their own website. Co-founder Brett Gibson later co-founded Posterous and Posthaven and joined Initialized Capital.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Founded
Slinkset founded and joins Y Combinator's Summer 2008 batch as a white-label social news platform.
- Acquired by Posterous
On June 24, 2009 Posterous acquires Slinkset, a social news site creation tool; Slinkset's team and technology join Posterous.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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Overall assessment: Not completed
05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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