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Obviously it depends on the recommendation, but assuming both being equal, it's an interesting question. The former talks about getting a stamp of approval on
by mildbow 11y ago
Obviously it depends on the recommendation, but assuming both being equal, it's an interesting question.
The former talks about getting a stamp of approval on the team while the latter talks about a stamp of approval on the execution/product.
I would think the latter would be the one to carry a lot more weight by default.
If this were about a16z, I would guess the latter. Since it's about YC, I can't hazard a guess.
- cperciva 11y agoRight. I'm asking this because of my experience running Tarsnap -- not that I think I would need any help in getting into YC if I decided that I wanted to drink the kool-aid and move to the bay area, but because I figure there must be plenty of other small companies building products which are used within the YC "family". It would be a shame if YC missed out on good investments simply because their founders were too busy successfully running their own companies to have an opportunity to work at a YC-funded company.