Oh yes, I did not take your statement in any negative light. I was just responding to the claim about how much of a role YC would have played in establishing a

Oh yes, I did not take your statement in any negative light. I was just responding to the claim about how much of a role YC would have played in establishing a lot of these relationships. My guess is it was Sam's hard-work and business acumen (at least early on) that created all these opportunities. (Ntw, I don't know a lot about Sam personally, and I am not basing this on PG's judgement of Sam either.)