"we'd have to ask them to take time to do something that would be helpful for us and not for them." I see it as what is good for you is good for them. Knowing

"we'd have to ask them to take time to do something that would be helpful for us and not for them." I see it as what is good for you is good for them. Knowing jobs allows you to influence policy because info like that is often used by politicians as a reason for agreeing with a particular position. Also a politician that is impressed with YC (for whatever reason "hey they create jobs") would be more likely to help a YC company (or YC) the same way a politician would take note and help anything that he personally has experience with. So keeping up the YC brand is important. [1] I'm also not clear on exactly (with respect to jobs for example) how much work is involved in supplying that information. (Obv. someone at YC has to keep track of it of course which is work but it certainly seems worthwhile to do.) [1] For example say I am contacted by YC for something that I do. Don't you think because I know who you are I am going to take notice and possibly be a bit more helpful than if I got a call from an incubator that I had never heard of?