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What would an unusual partner be?
by justin 13y ago
What would an unusual partner be?
- salimmadjd 13y agoI wish everyone from Google, Facebook to YC followed the model CRV has been using [1], "Each member votes on a scale of one to four how confident they are in the investment, with one being least confident and 4 being highly confident. A majority of votes in either the least or most confident category is considered a troubling sign." I think the issue with YC now is a bottom up issue. It's hard to bring outside partners if you have no working experience with them. Those that you can work with, are mostly YC alums who were vetted through the YC culling process which often breeds the same people. So YC might want to use a similar approach as CRV. If everyone is so confident about a team then maybe they are picking the same old people. In contrast if there is a strong dispute, that might be a good sign. At least you bring diversity and maybe some unusual bets into the YC and ultimately in 4-5 years end up with a more diverse group of partners. That being said, this might mean a big change in the application process, as the current early round filtering process by the alums will most likely eliminate diversity. [1] http://www.buzzfeed.com/mattlynley/how-a-boston-venture-capital-firm-grew-into-a-silicon-valley http://www.buzzfeed.com/mattlynley/how-a-boston-venture-capi...