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You can say it was written in the past. pg and Jessica have written about YC's philosophy multiple times in greater detail over the years. This post just summar
by chaostheory 9y ago
You can say it was written in the past. pg and Jessica have written about YC's philosophy multiple times in greater detail over the years. This post just summarizes all of their writing. imo most of the post is still accurate except for one: "by helping founders to start them." I could be wrong, but I feel today's YC is more about helping companies get from seed to series A and beyond instead of just getting started. Not that this is a bad thing, but it's different from old YC. It's also understandable since the former is much harder to scale and building products is much cheaper today.
I think the other big allure for joining YC, aside from the promise of helping you grow, (at least for me) is that it's like a union for startup founders. Unlike other firms, YC won't screw you. In fact, they will fight for you if anyone else attempts to screw you over.
- throwawayknecht 9y ago> union for startup founders. "Any industry that still has unions has potential energy that could be released by startups... industries afflicted by unions are sclerotic so have left lots undone."
- pc86 9y agoTypically when you quote someone you attribute the quote to them.
- throwawayknecht 9y agoI felt like the GP's citation was probably enough - "pg and Jessica have written about YC's philosophy multiple times in greater detail over the years." (Graham is regularly quoted on HN without citation, especially in threads about his writing, which is how I classify this one.)
- tptacek 9y agoHe's pretty obviously referring to what Graham said, and not favorably (this is one of the more disappointing Paul Graham twitter quotes).