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> I am sure this is a reflection of the companies they get to look at. I think it's the opposite actually; there are an effectively infinite amount of startups
by Alex3917 11y ago
> I am sure this is a reflection of the companies they get to look at.
I think it's the opposite actually; there are an effectively infinite amount of startups, but the bandwidth of YC is (currently) finite. What we're seeing now is exactly what you'd predict just from the math, even without any data.
- danieltillett 11y agoWhen you have a 100 times the interest and limited bandwidth then you only get a short time to look at each company and you end up choosing on the basis of appearance not substance as this is a faster heuristic.