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I wonder if any ad hoc teams have been funded through yc. And if so, how many? Most (all?) of the startups I know have had founders who met in college or had ot

• iamyoohoo 19y ago
  Maybe pg can answer your specific question, however, Ideally you should work on some small projects with your co-founder before you proceed full scale. Usually you'll find out within a few weeks if the cofounder gels well with you. Sometimes (as i found out soon enough), there is a conflict of interest, some people are more dedicated than others etc. Hence, it is always better to work with someone on small projects before you start a company or even apply to YC.... that's what I think.
  • chengmi 19y ago
    Agreed. I've known my co-founder for ten years! In "A Student's Guide to Startups," pg writes: Most of the questions people ask Y Combinator we have some kind of answer for, but not the co-founder question. There is no good answer. Co-founders really should be people you already know. And by far the best place to meet them is school. You have a large sample of smart people; you get to compare how they all perform on identical tasks; and everyone's life is pretty fluid. A lot of startups grow out of schools for this reason. Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft, among others, were all founded by people who met in school. (In Microsoft's case, it was high school.)