As previously written in
predicting startup performance with syllables those with few syllables - typically 1 or 2 - in their name is likely to perform the best. Here is a quick prediction based on t
he yc startups from the latest batch just published:
1 and 2-syllables (most likely to be high performers according to the few-syllable prediction)
- MixRank (2), alexa-rank: 43,724
- Picplum (2), alexa-rank: 700,278
- Depteye (2), alexa-rank: no data
- Envolve (2), alexa-rank: 52,418
- Quartzy (2), alexa-rank: 785,102
- Snapjoy (2), alexa-rank: 450,142
- Opez (2), alexa-rank: 719,612
- Stypi (2), alexa-rank: 531,965
- ZigFu (2), alexa-rank: 21,914,936
- Parse (1), alexa-rank: 564,829
- Verbling (2, alexa-rank: 237,636
- Vidyard (2), alexa-rank: 508,951
- Tagstand (2), alexa-rank: 812,669
- Kicksend (2, alexa-rank: 326,583
- Can'tWait(2), alexa-rank: 786,213
I am sure the rest of the yc batch startups are just fine, but not according to syllable-based prediction, the ones I have in mind are:
- Aisle50 (3), alexa-rank: 1,106,951
- Launchpad Toys (3), alexa-rank: 1,425,628
- Interviewstreet (3), alexa-rank: 135,296
- DoubleRecall (4), alexa-rank: 799,538
- Munch on Me (3), alexa-rank: 130,234
- PageLever (3), alexa-rank: 55,462
- MarketBrief (3), alexa-rank: 467,943
- MobileWorks (3), alexa-rank: 315,150
- Vimessa (3), alexa-rank: 314,150
- Codeacademy (3), alexa-rank: 61,582
How did it go with the last prediction round?
Unfortunately I only added the ones I though would be best performing according to syllable-count (and not the rest for comparison) for the yc summer 2010 batch, but here is how the low syllable count did:
- AdGrok (acquired by Twitter)
- Brushes (winner Apple design award 2010)
- FanVibe (acquired by beRecruited)
- Gantto (customers: Fujitsu, Lucasfilm++, investor:500startups)
- GazeHawk (investor: 500startups)
- HipMunk (most successful startup from that yc batch?)
- OhLife (not sure how they have done)
- TeeVox (not sure how they have done)
Whether this beats throwing darts (random selection) is yet to be tested.
Disclaimer: If I've counted number of syllables wrong for some of the startups (have never heard pronounciation of the startup names) please ping me.
