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Wow really shows how Y Combinator values co-founders... No co-founder....no soup for you! To be fair, they did get accepted based on having the whole team. D

Wow really shows how Y Combinator values co-founders... No co-founder....no soup for you! To be fair, they did get accepted based on having the whole team. Do you think you would have been excepted if you applied as just yourself?

NewMonarch 16y ago
It's hard to say. To be fair, YC never met the rest of my cofounders. I was the only one they'd ever spoken with. - Jon (The guy who wrote this story. :)
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- shasta 16y ago
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  - NewMonarch 16y ago
    The smiley face/close parenthesis move is completely valid. (Otherwise you get double lips. :))
    - alanfalcon 16y ago
      Actually, then it's time to get all fancy (that's right, I'm talking Reverse-Smiley! (-: ) But then it's like he's bald.
    - evandijk70 16y ago
      xkcd has something to say about that too http://xkcd.com/541/ http://xkcd.com/541/
    - elai 16y ago
      (I just put a space :) )
    - chalst 16y ago
      How about using a "D"? E.g., "(The guy who wrote this story. :-D)"
  - Johngibb 16y ago
    Kind of off topic, but today's XKCD is super relevant here: http://xkcd.com/859/ http://xkcd.com/859/
  - newman314 16y ago
    Does this count for most points awarded for least number of characters?
snprbob86 16y ago
I went through TechStars Seattle 2010. In watching the 9 other companies, it is obvious that the best predictor of success for my peers has been the strength of the relationships between co-founders. I'm measuring success (at this early stage) as some fuzzy function of how easy the team made it look to build a product, gain traction, raise money, and keep smiling. I can only guess that Y Combinator really values co-founders because the patterns I've seen in 10 companies must be painfully obvious with 100 companies. That's not to say that there won't be outliners/exceptions, but when you're placing bets...
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Supermighty 16y ago
What's a co-founder?
jhrobert 16y ago
"My team? well... it's me and my computers." "What? they don't count as 'co-founder''? you must be kidding, this is XXI'

NewMonarch 16y ago

It's hard to say. To be fair, YC never met the rest of my cofounders. I was the only one they'd ever spoken with. - Jon (The guy who wrote this story. :)

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shasta 16y ago
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- NewMonarch 16y ago
  The smiley face/close parenthesis move is completely valid. (Otherwise you get double lips. :))
  - alanfalcon 16y ago
    Actually, then it's time to get all fancy (that's right, I'm talking Reverse-Smiley! (-: ) But then it's like he's bald.
  - evandijk70 16y ago
    xkcd has something to say about that too http://xkcd.com/541/ http://xkcd.com/541/
  - elai 16y ago
    (I just put a space :) )
  - chalst 16y ago
    How about using a "D"? E.g., "(The guy who wrote this story. :-D)"
- Johngibb 16y ago
  Kind of off topic, but today's XKCD is super relevant here: http://xkcd.com/859/ http://xkcd.com/859/
- newman314 16y ago
  Does this count for most points awarded for least number of characters?

snprbob86 16y ago

I went through TechStars Seattle 2010. In watching the 9 other companies, it is obvious that the best predictor of success for my peers has been the strength of the relationships between co-founders. I'm measuring success (at this early stage) as some fuzzy function of how easy the team made it look to build a product, gain traction, raise money, and keep smiling. I can only guess that Y Combinator really values co-founders because the patterns I've seen in 10 companies must be painfully obvious with 100 companies. That's not to say that there won't be outliners/exceptions, but when you're placing bets...

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Supermighty 16y ago

What's a co-founder?

jhrobert 16y ago

"My team? well... it's me and my computers." "What? they don't count as 'co-founder''? you must be kidding, this is XXI'