<![CDATA[Gawker: valleywag, jessica livingston]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: valleywag, jessica livingston]]> http://gawker.com/tag/valleywag/jessicalivingston http://gawker.com/tag/valleywag/jessicalivingston <![CDATA[30 startup ideas Y Combinator wants to fund]]> Y Combinator partners Jessica Livingston and Paul Graham only married in June, but they're ready to start popping them out. More $6,000 checks to fund startups, that is. Together with not-married-to-each-other partners Trevor Blackwell and Robert Morris, the pair put out a 3,000-word list of 30 "Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund." Sure, a lot of them are obvious, most already done — but the Y Combinator version, with Graham's seal of approval, has a better chance than your run-of-the-mill startup of getting quickly flipped to a gullibly starstruck buyer. A version you'll be able to finish before this fall's application deadline, below.

  1. Two things are broken: record labels and movies.
  2. Simplified browsing. The space between a digital photo frame and a computer running Firefox.
  3. New news. PerezHilton and TechCrunch, Reddit and Digg are just the beginning.
  4. Outsourced IT.
  5. Enterprise software 2.0 for smaller companies.
  6. More variants of CRM: make interactions with customers much higher-res.
  7. Something your company needs.
  8. Dating.
  9. Photo/video sharing services.
  10. Auctions. EBay is doing a bad job.
  11. Web Office apps.
  12. Fix advertising.
  13. How can you teach kids through the web?
  14. Tell who the most productive people are in large organizations.
  15. Off the shelf security. Stitch together alternatives out of cheap, existing hardware and services.
  16. A form of search that depends on design. Google has no sense of design.
  17. New payment methods.
  18. The WebOS.
  19. Application and/or data hosting. Start by writing Basic for the Altair.
  20. Shopping guides. How do you decide what you want?
  21. Finance software for individuals and small businesses.
  22. A web-based Excel/database hybrid.
  23. More open alternatives to Wikipedia.
  24. A buffer against bad customer service: a wrapper around common bad customer service experiences.
  25. A Craigslist competitor.
  26. Better video chat.
  27. Hardware/software hybrids: iPod/iTunes.
  28. Fixing email overload.
  29. Easy site builders for specific markets. What's the best way to make a web site if you're a lawyer?
  30. Startups for startups. We're one; TechCrunch is another.
]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5027465&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Reddit cofounder blabs about Y Combinator founders' secret wedding]]> We'd heard in April that Paul Graham and Jessica Livingston, the pair behind startup factory Y Combinator, were partners in love as well as life. The two tied the knot over the weekend, Twittered Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian, a graduate of Y Combinator: "Sorry ladies, PG said 'I do' - 'twas a great wedding." We're sure it was — anyone have pictures — or insights into why the two have been so secretive about their romance?

]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5012319&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Yahoo millionaire Paul Graham secretly engaged to Jessica Livingston]]> Commenters on Hacker News, a Web discussion board, got their panties in a bunch over the weekend over whether to ban stories from Valleywag from the site. The move netted the otherwise obscure site, mostly frequented by graduates of Paul Graham's Y Combinator startup incubator, some coverage from Michael Arrington on TechCrunch. It also netted us a tipster who let us know Hacker News founder Graham, best known for flipping an e-commerce startup to Yahoo more than a decade ago, was engaged to longtime lover Jessica Livingston, author of Founders at Work.

Congratulations, you crazy kids! Mazel tov! The two were reportedly affianced back in October, though it's not clear if a date has been set for the nuptials. Apparently most everyone at Y Combinator knows already, but the couple has otherwise worked to keep it a secret. So, um, guess we're not invited.

(Personal to "Jimmy Wales" on TechCrunch: We'd be happy to send you a milkshake any time, Jimbo).

(Photos by Gabor Cselle)

]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=379498&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Yahoos and hacks clutter The Lobby]]> TheLobby.jpgReally, we're confounded. David Hornik's Lobby conference is ostensibly an invite-only affair. But some of the attendees had us scratching our head. Spotted, Yahoo's Bradley Horowitz, Brad Garlinghouse and Kiersten Hollars enjoying some sun instead of participating in Jerry Yang's 100-day turnaround of the company. Then there's Jessica Livingston and Paul Graham from Y Combinator. There's nary a 22-year-old wantrepreneur in sight, so what's the draw of this conference for them? Other inexplicables: Kara Swisher from AllThingsD, and TechCrunch heavyweight Michael Arrington, two notoriously gossipy hacks. Wasn't this event supposed to be off the record? And does Arrington even know what that means? (Photo by bradley23)

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