[jedberg]

Harvard is well known amongst people who attend college or who are interested in college. YC is probably equally well known amongst entrepreneurs or people who are interested in entrepreneurship.

It's just that people who attend college or are interested in college is a much bigger group than entrepreneur.

[keiferski]

Harvard is probably one of the top 10 global brands along with Coke and Nike.

[ballooney]

Absurdly not the case. You are in a bubble.

[keiferski]

Not sure what bubble that would be. I didn’t attend Harvard and don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who has. I also don’t live in the United States.

The concept of a university is fairly universal (pun intended) and surely Harvard or Oxford are considered the “best” at least in terms of name recognition.

[ballooney]

You’re on HN. Go to yemen and ask your question.

[keiferski]

According to Wikipedia, there are more than 20 universities in Yemen. I’m pretty sure they’ve heard of Harvard.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_universities_in_Yeme...

[ballooney]

Which is different to being in the most recognisable brands in the world, with coke, disney, manchester united, etc etc.