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I've bootstrapped the last 3 years. I'm in the "supporting creators" category. 100k happy users so far. I'm really hesitant to join YC because I feel like the
by buf 9y ago
I've bootstrapped the last 3 years. I'm in the "supporting creators" category. 100k happy users so far.
I'm really hesitant to join YC because I feel like the personal touch of having a dozen companies per cohort is lost. Can anyone speak to that?
- tptacek 9y agoIf you want to raise in the future, go. The stories you read about people effortlessly raising 1-3MM in syndicated convertible note rounds? A significant coefficient of how easy that turns out to be is "got accepted into YC".
- buf 9y agoDid you go through yc? I've gone through techstars and I worry the new yc format will be more if the same.
- tptacek 9y agoNope. We were invited for a previous startup but had no plans to raise. But I have close friends who have gone through YC, one of whom actually did something pretty close to a natural before/after experiment re: fundraising. (Ironically: we have no plans to ever raise for Latacora, but because the YC alumni network is basically our entire customer base, we'd probably do it this time.)