Y Combinator Demo Day: Now Featuring Football Hall-of-Famers
Talked to my childhood sports hero @JoeMontana at his first @ycombinator #demoday. Says he likes what he sees. pic.twitter.com/65R6amQCpa
— Amir Efrati (@amir) August 20, 2013
Y Combinator's summer Demo Day is currently underway, with 49 starry-eyed startups pitching their dubious-sounding "x for y" taglines—Mint for legal spend, Yammer for the mobile workforce, Kickstarter for commercial real estate, etc.—in front of a group of potential investors, which apparently includes former football star Joe Montana.
Perhaps Montana was trying to rally the natives for the four-star hotel/restaurant/sports bar complex he wants to build next to the 49ers new Silicon Valley stadium? Regardless, the hall-of-famer wasn't the only aging star in attendance:
Um, holy crap: Guy I just literally ran into at YC #DemoDay was Joe Montana. He was standing next to MC Hammer and astronaut Mark Kelly.
— Peter Delevett, SJMN (@mercwiretap) August 20, 2013
Not quite the same as the year Ashton and Demi showed up, but close enough. Time to throw one back for the bubble:
#ycdemoday #DemoDay YC drinking game: everyone drink when someone says "killing it" "oversubscribed" "billion dollar market" "traction"
— Dave McClure (@davemcclure) August 20, 2013
Update: A tipster informed us that Ashton Kutcher was at today's Demo Day as well, along with "all the typical valley hot shots." We'll believe those wedding rumors once he brings Mila Kunis to Mountain View.
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