"The sale turbo charged user adoption" That's simply not true. Traffic continued to grow rather steadily after the acquisition, largely because Conde wisely di

"The sale turbo charged user adoption" That's simply not true. Traffic continued to grow rather steadily after the acquisition, largely because Conde wisely didn't interfere very much, but it certainly didn't 'turbo charge' it. We were lucky enough to be in the very first round of Y Combinator, which meant far less to people back then compared to now. The mentorship, talks, and friends in the program were invaluable, though. To my knowledge this is the first article ever written on YC: http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2005/09/68710 http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2005/09/68710