> And there's a reason why: these are mostly companies that win by having better technology, rather than just a CEO who's really driven and good at making deals

> And there's a reason why: these are mostly companies that win by having better technology, rather than just a CEO who's really driven and good at making deals. I'm not entirely sure how pg arrives at this point when he should know better than nearly any of us just how critical a factor the latter is, in support of (and sometimes in spite of, c.f. Neumann or Holmes) the former. Isn't the entire point of YC to build the networks of support, advisory, and dealmaking required to turn what would otherwise be good technology in isolation into a high-growth business? Superior technology by itself is just potential energy. It still takes old-world business skills to harness that energy into something productive.