Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by ykevinator 2424 days ago
Only for the winners. This is serious survival bias.
1 comments

It's ultimately a selection bias for both. If you're in the top X percent to get accepted to Harvard Business School, you're also the type of person to have a higher chance of success in general. Same for YC.

The post is calling into question which network can best help a given candidate (who would have presumably been accepted by both) achieve their goals.