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by DrNuke 2248 days ago
> Nowadays, it seems more and more like having that network is the primary thing that gets you in YC.

They can’t really afford that model, that’s why funding is being slashed: insiders successful in the 2010s are not better poised to be successful in the 2020s than outsiders, even if network and critical mass help them raise and burn money to have a more structured shot.