jsonchen

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   by jsonchen 12y ago

   With all due respect, the reason you might have to argue the point is probably because even back in 2007 the application page said: The people in your group are what matter most to us. [...] Your idea is important too, but mainly as
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   by jsonchen 12y ago

   YC founders usernames appear as a different color to other YC founders and some percentage of them probably upvote every post they see.
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   by jsonchen 12y ago

   If you've been incorporated for 16 years and still haven't made it, you really shouldn't be allowed to call yourself a startup. You're just a company. There's nothing wrong with being just a company. But you're
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   by jsonchen 12y ago

   Honestly I think that YC is opting to make fewer risks these days, not more. The days where you can get funding without traction are numbered, and with it go the real crazy idea startups like AirBnb, Stripe, and Twitch.tv.
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   by jsonchen 12y ago

   Even so, was that true of any of the billion dollar companies before they joined YC, though? I'm not sure it was.
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   by jsonchen 12y ago

   It takes a long time to make a billion dollar company, but with the increased emphasis on traction, I wonder if accelerators like YC are thinking too short term. Would an unknown Justin Kan or Alexis Ohanian even get funded today without tr
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   Ask HN: How many billion dollar YC companies had traction before YC?

   7 points by jsonchen 12y ago|4 comments