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Perhaps I'm just new to YC goings-on, but it seems the pace of adding new partners has increased quite a bit lately. The batch size has also grown, though seemi
by nkantar 11y ago
Perhaps I'm just new to YC goings-on, but it seems the pace of adding new partners has increased quite a bit lately. The batch size has also grown, though seemingly somewhat slower.
I wonder how this growth affects the value accepted companies get out of participating.
- snake117 11y agoI would assume with the growing number of teams that YC accepts, they need more people to give great advice. But not just generic advice regarding strategy, they need people to give advice about some of the more intricate things, like hardware. I wouldn't be surprised if they start hiring some people with a biology/chemistry/physics background given the increase number of biotech start-ups that I've been seeing. Regarding your last comment, I think that's kind of interesting to think about. To think that their first batch had only 8 start-ups and now they're at something like 86 is pretty staggering. I don't think they're going to sacrifice the quality and credibility of their program for taking in more start-ups, because they are still pretty selective on who they take in and have the best reputation. Really they're just trying to branch out to more teams in the hopes of "finding the next Dropbox or Airbnb".