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Ask HN: Does YCombinator fund single founders
I would like to know what my chances are of being funded by y combinator as a single founder.
- onion2k 9y agoIt does happen, and the company can go on to be hugely successful. Dropbox, Coinbase, and Shoptiques were all accepted with individual founders. However, you would have to be exceptional. Even more than any other YC company, which is a high bar in the first place. PG once wrote that he believes having a single founder is the #1 reason for a startup failing (http://www.paulgraham.com/startupmistakes.html http://www.paulgraham.com/startupmistakes.html).
- montrose 9y agoI don't think that is meant to be an ordered list. The text of number 18 says explicitly that it isn't.