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by SemanticFog 5607 days ago
It's impressive that YC helps founders succeed by putting them through a short but intense program.

It's even more impressive that YC helps founders succeed by rejecting their applications, and motivating them to try harder.

The latter is a truly scalable business model. Maybe YC should get a chunk of stock simply for letting companies apply to the program...