On another note, I think he's also pointing out that success for a single startup founder != success for YC. Treehouse, at 3 mil rev for a solo founder, I'd con

On another note, I think he's also pointing out that success for a single startup founder != success for YC. Treehouse, at 3 mil rev for a solo founder, I'd consider him pretty successful. I suspect he is now pretty well set whether it gets huge or not. That wouldn't come close to moving the needle at YC though. Maybe it's a lot more likely for co-founders to make it huge, Apple, Google, etc. His post is pointing out that you don't have to be Apple to be a hugely successful startup and to be really well off personally. YC is looking for the next Apple, but Joe Schmoe startup founder is just looking to not have to worry about their mortgage.