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>100% of the top 20 YC companies by valuation have the .com of their name. 94% of the top 50 do. But only 66% of companies in the current batch have the .com of
by ikeboy 11y ago
>100% of the top 20 YC companies by valuation have the .com of their name. 94% of the top 50 do. But only 66% of companies in the current batch have the .com of their name. Which suggests there are lessons ahead for most of the rest, one way or another.
How much of that is due to the pressure that he admittedly puts on them to change names? (And that higher valued ones are likely to be older and have had this pressure for longer?)
- leroy_masochist 11y agoIn addition to having had the pressure for longer, they have the money from having raised multiple rounds of financing.
- ikeboy 11y agoWell, yeah, that's what "higher valued ones are likely to be older" implies.
- rhue 11y agocorrelation is not causation...