This is really cool. BUT, I think most HN readers would be most interested in the founding stories, and the hustle / hurdles overcome / pivots that these founders showcased.
For instance, there's no mention that Slack came out of a failed game company or that Uber was originally supposed to just be on-demand limos for a small group of friends! These are the key parts of the stories that are missing.
I'd be really interested to know (we'll have to wait for AirBnb's S-1) what the difference in gross margins. Marriott has to own / operate its hotels. AirBnb puts that on the host, and pretty much only has insurance and customer support as its marginal costs.
We should've been more clear on that - the English translation is the shortest string length submission we received for that color, while the color name (for English) is the longest (we figured the longest submission would be the most interesting). We only had two different submissions for English, for all other languages we put native language and the English translation.
There are some hidden gems in there one contributor named "Vacation At The Seaside Blue" while another called it "sky," as well as "Bright Endless Meadows Green," while another called that color "green."
You can also download the full dataset on our blog.