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(I didn't downvote.) Winners take a long time to develop. YC's pipeline makes it likely that the new ones will go through it. It's probably more likely now tha

(I didn't downvote.) Winners take a long time to develop. YC's pipeline makes it likely that the new ones will go through it. It's probably more likely now than in 2008, meaning a YC applicant today might be that 500bn company in 10 years.

csomar 9y ago
Yeah, I'm not sure why anyone would down vote that. Own a stake in YC?
- jacquesm 9y ago
  Maybe because $85B is a lot of dough regardless of whether or not there are larger entities?
  - csomar 9y ago
    That's not my point. My point is YC is getting top attention and has a big (the biggest?) name in Early stage funding. That doesn't seem to translate to being a leader in picking winners though.
    - jacquesm 9y ago
      It doesn't have to! All they need to do is do well enough that they can continue to attract new talent and be founder friendly, and do this for the largest talent pool. And this is what seems to be the case, there is no other program that has launched as many start-ups as YC has done and there is no other program that has done this for as many founders as YC has done. The network effects of that are tremendous.