2 ms·
Hmm, interesting question, but so much harder to calculate, however bogusly. Paradoxically enough, the answer there would be the fewer, the better, because the
by pg 16y ago
Hmm, interesting question, but so much harder to calculate, however bogusly. Paradoxically enough, the answer there would be the fewer, the better, because the spread of YC alumni to companies they didn't found tends to happen through startups dying or getting acquired in small, early acquisitions. Ideally all the startups we funded would go public and the founders would still be working for them 10 years later, like Larry & Sergey are. In that ideal scenario the number YC alumni were involved with would reduce to the number we funded.
- philwelch 16y agoWhat about the case where successful YC alums become angel investors in their own right?
- pg 16y agoThat already happens. The Reddits and Zenters have made angel investments in later YC funded companies. They make great investors. They're completely trustworthy, because they're all part of the network, and they understand the founders' situation better than any other investor could.