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When did YC start? I'm pretty sure they've been funding ideas for a few years now. I think one of them turned out to be Reddit.

• jdp23 16y ago
  The ideas that YC funds are much more than half baked, and it's not just a "few powerpoint slides".
  • dabent 16y ago
    I didn't mean that as an insult to YC companies, or YC, but when YC started they were literally funding teams with ideas. In Reddit's case, YC convinced the team to do a different idea than what they had presented. I'm thinking YC now funds more mature companies, but that probably is a sign that there is less of a "bubble" now than there was before.
    • jdp23 16y ago
      Interesting point ... I don't know much about YC back in the early days. Don't get me wrong, I think the right idea should be fundable based on a few PowerPoint slides. I just don't see it happening very often at all.
• nostrademons 16y ago
  Summer 2005.