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Lanyrd is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2011 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: IMDB of conferences. The founder listed is Simon Willison (Founder/CEO) (Y Combinator directory entry, January 17, 2012).

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Lanyrd

New accelerator entry · 2012-01-17 · the record

Winter 2011
batch
2
people
Early
stage
United States of America
region
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BatchWinter 2011
Announced2012-01-17
StageEarly
StatusAcquired
Team size2
IndustryConsumer
Sub-industryConsumer -> Job and Career Services
RegionsUnited States of America, United Kingdom, America / Canada, Europe
BasedSan Francisco
HiringNo

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