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The amount is more solo-founder friendly than before. Has YC become more solo-founder friendly than before?
by kirubakaran 17y ago
The amount is more solo-founder friendly than before. Has YC become more solo-founder friendly than before?
- dannyr 17y agoI wonder how many solo founders are there in YC. Anybody know any of them?
- cperciva 17y agoI don't know any examples, people have asked on several occasions how many single-founder companies YC funds, and IIRC pg said it was roughly 5% of the companies.
- abossy 17y agoI think PG's advice against solo-founder companies would remain true, hence not rendering YC any more solo-friendly. I'm surprised that number is even 5%, considering the number of high-quality YC applicants that could potentially be paired together.
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- listic 17y agoI think they just don't want to financially incentivize bringing on unnecessary people as founders.
- pg 17y agoNothing has changed in that respect. We rarely accept single founders and when we do we usually encourage them to get a cofounder before YC starts. So the $14k for a single founder is more of theoretical possibility.