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Welcome Michael, Jon, and Ilya

• nicholasjbs 12y ago
  Congrats to Jon, Michael, and Ilya! Jon has been incredibly helpful, supportive, and kind to us (Hacker School) over the years, and I'm thrilled to see him become a full-time YC partner.
• brandonhsiao 12y ago
  YC seems to have taken on a lot of partners in the last few years. What does this mean? What do partners do?
  • sama 12y ago
    YC partners: 1) recruit startups 2) select startups to fund and 3) advise startups. probably 90% of our time is in the third category.
    • wasd 12y ago
      Could you tell us a little more about how they do 1?
      • bramgg 12y ago
        Also curious, I thought YC pretty much just took on startups that applied.
  • dsirijus 12y ago
    Scaling. Like any proper startup.
• egfx 12y ago
  I thought this post was welcoming me and two other visitors for a cool HN holiday Easter Egg. Don't see many other Ilya's around :)
  • csmajorfive 12y ago
    I'll make sure to represent Ilyas well!
    • egfx 12y ago
      priclasna
• 100k 12y ago
  Jon was great to work with when my company was in YC. Happy to see he's a full time partner now.
• btrautsc 12y ago
  congrats guys. I can personally attest that jlevy & mwseibel are amazing. both had profound impact on us while going through YC. great ft additions.
• OoTheNigerian 12y ago
  Congrats Michael! Michael has been very kind and always helpful whenever I have reached out to him. YC is lucky to have him!
• mrmch 12y ago
  Jon has been a strong advisor on key issues, psyched to have him as a full time partner!
• cwilson 12y ago
  Congrats to them all! I've known Ilya as a friend for a few years now and current/future YC startups are going to be very lucky to have him around. He's an extremely intelligent and humble guy.