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>> "Like all our experiments at YC, we design them to adapt as things happen, and they certainly did here." Hi Kevin... :-) Understand your feelings and agree with the choice in the context of YC/YCF - but to me this is a massive opportunity to grow YC beyond what it is now; to me, it feels that instead of looking for a way make it work, YC bailed out. To that end, on a trial basis, I'm offering to start YCX, which would allow YC and the community to work together to make this possible. While I wouldn't pretend to know the all the answers now (or in the future) - I deeply believe in bridging the gaps between communities to form new communities that in the end will be in sum stronger, more diverse, create opportunities, etc. Very possible that I've misunderstood, but the main issues I'm seeing are: (1) how YCX relationships would work with YC/YCF and (2) insuring that the way capital is provided works for YC, the startups, and community. To that end, to me, some solutions might be to have the funds provided by the community via non-equity crowdfunding, have YCX only mentors, allow YC/YCF to opt-in to relationships with YCX fellows, etc. Happy to talk more offline if you're open to trying to make this work; also, completely understand if it's not a path YC wants to consider too. |