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How will you manage negative signaling? i.e. YC leads a growth round for Company A, but not for Company B. Ergo, VCs think Company B isn't worth funding.
by vm 11y ago
How will you manage negative signaling?
i.e. YC leads a growth round for Company A, but not for Company B. Ergo, VCs think Company B isn't worth funding.
- sama 11y agoThe main thing we're doing here is not making any discretionary bets on companies until they're far enough along to be valued off of an Excel model. At that stage, signaling matter much much less.
- vasilipupkin 11y agoIs there a subtle conflict of interest with YC essentially benefiting from lower early round valuations, whereas before this was not the case, e.g. YC and startups were aligned on valuation