> But I'm eagerly waiting for one concrete example, and none are to be found. Well not in essay, but there are plenty examples in the real world, surely? "Pau

> But I'm eagerly waiting for one concrete example, and none are to be found. Well not in essay, but there are plenty examples in the real world, surely? "Paul Graham gave us a series of advice that changed our business forever." -Brian Chesky, https://archive.is/xvx31 https://archive.is/xvx31 "One big thing that YC did for me is it was an ambition multiplier. Pre-YC I thought it'd be cool to make software that could just pay my bills. A year post-batch and I find my default state is much more ambitious than before." -u/CoffeePython (YC S21), https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32556060 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32556060 "I have to say though - while the success rate of these YC-only funds is likely good enough to make them quite profitable, none of them come even close to what I observed with PG's ability to pick the winners (which makes sense, since a lot of other people have tried to build accelerators and none of them come even close to YC)." -u/aerosimle (YC), https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25381893 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25381893 ...