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Smart. This is a good move. The chances of companies going public is greater because you'll have more companies and the economy will be better at the same time
by dbul 18y ago
Smart. This is a good move. The chances of companies going public is greater because you'll have more companies and the economy will be better at the same time so it makes more sense to go public (for some startups) because the market will be rebounding and stabilizing. This is good for YC, good for Sequoia, and good for startups.
- jonknee 18y agoHow will YC funding 20 more startups per year encourage more startups to go public?
- dbul 18y agoFixed
- pg 18y agoIt may, actually. Partly simply because the larger the pool of startups, the more candidates there are for IPOs. But there are two reasons startups started now may be disproportionately likely to: 1. Because M&A has decreased so much. The great startups are less likely to be siphoned off by early acquisitions. 2. Because people willing to start startups now are going to be extra-determined. We've always wished we could put a question on the application form asking "Do you really want to do this?" It would be a waste of time, because everyone would just say yes. But now the economy is supplying that question for us.