If it can't be measured does it exist? Back to magical thinking again. Maybe you are right there are too many variables at play to make pithy statements about a

If it can't be measured does it exist? Back to magical thinking again. Maybe you are right there are too many variables at play to make pithy statements about any of this either way. I think YC could at least release anonymised data about all the companies so that people could at least do some analysis to see if statements like this are at least in line with the data. As we know human beings are extremely good at spotting patterns and even better at fooling themselves.