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I would be interested to know with the odds already stacked against single founders, what the likelihood of a non-technical single founder getting accepted is.

I would be interested to know with the odds already stacked against single founders, what the likelihood of a non-technical single founder getting accepted is. I can't imagine it is high. Has there ever been one in YC?

jazzychad 15y ago
Yes, one, if I remember correctly... but he had considerable experience running companies previously in a related space. I have to think that is super rare, though.
abbottry 15y ago
There was one in the batch that just ended - Hamilton Chan, Paperlinks: http://mashable.com/author/hamilton-chan/ http://mashable.com/author/hamilton-chan/
- rdl 15y ago
  Was it one of the publicly-launched companies?