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> Take a look at the top 10 highest valued YC startups. All their founders came from schools with less than 10% acceptance rates. This is not true. AirBnB is t
by KerrickStaley 5y ago
> Take a look at the top 10 highest valued YC startups. All their founders came from schools with less than 10% acceptance rates.
This is not true. AirBnB is the top valued company that went through YC [1]. AirBnB was founded by Brian Chesky among others. Brian Chesky went to the Rhode Island School of Design [2]. The RISD had an acceptance rate of 20% in 2020.
[1] https://www.ycombinator.com/topcompanies/ https://www.ycombinator.com/topcompanies/
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Chesky https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Chesky
[3] https://www.risd.edu/about https://www.risd.edu/about
- easton 5y agoI'm not going down the list because I don't have time at the moment, but #2 is DoorDash, and the two founders with Wikipedia pages went to Berkeley and Stanford. Both schools with lower acceptance rates.
- j2kun 5y agoYour point is not very well taken, because RISD is an extremely prestigious design school.