I don't think it's survivor bias. PG wrote about the opposite as well about the worst startups they funded: "I could never quite tell if they understood what I

I don't think it's survivor bias. PG wrote about the opposite as well about the worst startups they funded: "I could never quite tell if they understood what I was saying." http://www.paulgraham.com/word.html http://www.paulgraham.com/word.html