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Bombastic headline, but no meat here. Y Combinator is a fantastic place for founders/startups, especially for those that work hard at leveraging the available mentorship during that fleeting three months.

The article's comparison of YC to Ivy League schools is hackneyed, but relevant. YC's reputation, much like Harvard's, was built before most competitors were ever around; that kind of esteem is hard to build and doesn't disintegrate in a year or two. Paul Graham has said this.

YC's place in the tech world will hardly be subverted by a 'bad' IPO result for Dropbox. Zenefits' issues, it should be noted, didn't slow down YC, either—nor should they have.