I would like to mention that we have officially launch a similar product like this one with no installation required and is optimized for Chrome browser. There are also advanced versions for Firefox and IE but need installation.
Basically, the tools allow you to bookmark and/or grab images, videos, or any live interactive sections of any page without leaving the page.
There is a 5 min video demos at: http://www.etag.../Downloads.aspx
Thanks and hope you all try it out and leave constructive comments.

Congrats, Snipd.

Now that I’ve gone and done that, I’d like to hit on a couple of great bits you made.

Y Combinator isn’t about the money. The money basically covers living expenses (roughly) for the founders of a company during Y Combinator. The intros to VCs and angels is also particularly valuable, especially for the kind of company that will eventually need it. Many companies can be bootstrapped; some are far more difficult without outside financing. The network of other YC founders is also valuable, for help with technical problems, advice on investors and attorneys, and general comraderie that can be shared between a highly talented (mostly technical) group of people. Last but not least is the help, guidance, and suggestions from Paul Graham himself. PG has an eye for product and this can be helpful for the first-time entrepreneur (which is mostly what YC consists of).

And I definitely do believe it is cool to go to wine parties. It’s too bad I skipped on the Deloitte Consulting alumni event at Trump Tower in Chicago earlier this year. I think I was too busy hanging out in South Africa at the time (traveling in business class, of course). Must have been all that VC money getting the best of me.

Are you crying? Is it difficult to type while wiping away tears for your famous friend.

I know ALL about Ycombinator. They host a teen dance party. Looks like your pal won the Jitterbug contest and got funding!

Aside from up your ass, where Does Poll Everywhere operate from?

I’ll bet you feel better about yourself after writing your post. Now go back to your proven company, work your way up, and muster up some balls to start your own business.

Ask yourself what $15,000 and Ycombinator ownership of your product is going to do for you—that you can’t eventually do entirely by yourself.

And before you go into connections and intros to other VCs, consider this:

young kids often think of VC investment as something they are getting instead of understaning that its a loan, like a bank loan, a college loan, a car loan.

But instead of paying back cash w interest, often you pay back the debt by giving up control, losing ownership interest, and eventually being replaced altogther by an experienced manager.

If it hits–and if you see Ycombinator’s portfolio that is a HUGE IF–you will not be the guy in the front of the band. You’ll be lucky if you’re on the sideline watching the parade go by.

Also: kids like you believe going to cool parties and drinking wine you’re tastebuds aren’t accustomed to appreciating just yet means you have arrived.

It doesnt.

When the consumer public utilizes your application in a manner that GENERATES REVENUE for your firm on a continuous basis–then you’ve gotten somewhere.

Neither Ycombinator or any of their bigger VC pals can help you in that vein.

Instead: Go to work for a company that is proven. Start low and work your way up. Listen. Offer no advice. Learn. Be the quiet American. Study. Test. ReTest. Adapt. Save your money.

THEN start your own company. It’s not easy. It takes longer. But you will be more likely to succeed in that environment than trying to hit one out of the park.

Little league kids dream of hitting one out of Fenway. But they are kids after all. Just kids.

Why?

Because $15,000 won’t get you anything of substance, but it gives Ycombinator–like Dracula–permission to come into your company and run it the way they see fit.

Such preposterously low seed money targets little kids with big ideas. But why can’t those same kids–make no mistake, they ARE kids–graduate from college, get a salaried position at an established company, develop social and business skilss, and THEN start up their own company…
…with their own Money.

Graham is VC cute. He knows he’s getting a bunch of crap and perhaps an occational winner. Kind of like playing the daily lotto. Except the ones that really lose are the one in a million kid with a novel idea that ends up TAKING his money.

Grown ups see this for what it is–a trojan horse. You don’t need Graham’s chump change. You need a real job first, and THAT will help you more than anything Paul’s selling you.

15K is great for a pizza and beer. Not much else…

I say the rudest things to the startups I do know via email.

deepmemo.com

http://www.clipmarks.com/

or the crunchbase reference

http://www.crun...mpany/clipmarks

Jason, what’s new? apart from being a Y Co?

In my humble opinion this is a simple feature.. but appreciate the start up spirit.. good luck..