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There are several parallels I see between the YC experience and college fraternities. A group of people (often men) with a similar interest, with a powerful al
by zoba 15y ago
There are several parallels I see between the YC experience and college fraternities. A group of people (often men) with a similar interest, with a powerful alumni network.
Unfortunately, I found living in a fraternity house very distracting for my school work. There were always people doing "downtime" activities like gaming, drinking, etc. I certainly participated in these activities more than I would have if I had been on my own. It was great for my social network, bad for my studies.
I imagine a similar thing could happen in a house with too many YC founders... It would be especially detrimental because there's only 3 months to get YC done right, versus 4 years of college.
I imagine Drew Houston would have some good input on this, having been in both a fraternity and YC.