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This is pure HN porn. Entertaining and satisfies curiosity but no significance whatsoever. Edit: Noting somewhat predictable downvotes so I would ask that some

by larrys 13y ago

This is pure HN porn. Entertaining and satisfies curiosity but no significance whatsoever. Edit: Noting somewhat predictable downvotes so I would ask that someone reply with what the significance of a single data point is other than satisfying curiosity? Note also I didn't say it didn't belong on HN or "hey why is this on the front page" etc.

namenotrequired 13y ago
I'm neither the OP nor one of the downvoters (I don't have enough karma for that anyway) but isn't satisfying (or in PGs words, gratifying) curiosity exactly what's asked for in HN submissions by the guidelines?
- larrys 13y ago
  Sure and I've acknowledged that by what I said.
pshin45 13y ago
I wasn't actually expecting just a single data point (perhaps I should have written the plural "startups" instead), rather I was hoping that we could crowdsource several contenders/candidates, and then use those examples to pose the following follow-up questions: A. Historically, how many now-thriving companies have "slipped through the cracks" of the YC evaluation process? B. If there are several notable examples that fit a certain pattern, what can/should YC do to better identify and/or attract those kinds of teams? I like to think that YC has become its own type of graduate school at this point, so I guess a very rough analogue would be the phenomenon of many high-achieving low-income students never even considering the option of applying to an elite university[1], even though they would have a high chance of getting in AND receiving sufficient financial aid. And the few who actually did apply might not constitute a sufficiently large sample size to generate enough "success stories" to encourage others to follow suit. [1] http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/09/no-point-in-applying-why-poor-students-are-missing-at-top-colleges/279699/ http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/09/no-poin...

by larrys 13y ago

namenotrequired 13y ago

I'm neither the OP nor one of the downvoters (I don't have enough karma for that anyway) but isn't satisfying (or in PGs words, gratifying) curiosity exactly what's asked for in HN submissions by the guidelines?

larrys 13y ago
Sure and I've acknowledged that by what I said.

pshin45 13y ago

I wasn't actually expecting just a single data point (perhaps I should have written the plural "startups" instead), rather I was hoping that we could crowdsource several contenders/candidates, and then use those examples to pose the following follow-up questions: A. Historically, how many now-thriving companies have "slipped through the cracks" of the YC evaluation process? B. If there are several notable examples that fit a certain pattern, what can/should YC do to better identify and/or attract those kinds of teams? I like to think that YC has become its own type of graduate school at this point, so I guess a very rough analogue would be the phenomenon of many high-achieving low-income students never even considering the option of applying to an elite university[1], even though they would have a high chance of getting in AND receiving sufficient financial aid. And the few who actually did apply might not constitute a sufficiently large sample size to generate enough "success stories" to encourage others to follow suit. [1] http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/09/no-point-in-applying-why-poor-students-are-missing-at-top-colleges/279699/ http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/09/no-poin...