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I'm not sama, but I did attend YC a few years ago so I will try to chime in a bit here based on my experiences. First, you are right - every YC partner has ver
by joncalhoun 10y ago
I'm not sama, but I did attend YC a few years ago so I will try to chime in a bit here based on my experiences.
First, you are right - every YC partner has very limited time, and if you expect to get a lot of it for anything and everything you will be disappointed. YC wouldn't scale that way, and it would be a waste of the partners' time.
That said, if you ever NEED a partners time, they will bend over backwards to make it happen, regardless of whether you just sold for $1b, were personal friends with them, or whatever else.
- pj_mukh 10y agoSeconded, in fact I'll go one step further. YC has drastically increased the number of partners to meet the demand of a growing batch size. I've seen partners do more publicly for new garage startups (new YC companies) being strongarmed by large companies. Totally no surprises here.
- anthonyko 10y agoAgreed. Sam and all the other YC partners will go out of their way to help, it's just often not public.
- j_hammond_ingen 10y agoThis is interesting to hear. As an aside, my company is a Techstars company and we have had the exact opposite experience in terms of getting the attention and/or help of the folks that run the organization. Sigh that we didn't apply to YC...
- peteforde 10y agoJust curious: why didn't you apply to YC? TS seems generously like the best B-list incubator. I've never understand the pull, given that they have none of the status and thought leadership demonstrated so regularly by YC.