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by tptacek
5192 days ago
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I'm sounding snippier than I mean to. YC has a model that seems like it would have stood a credible shot at capturing Google in 1997. That there are companies more ambitious than Google that wouldn't even consider a "seed stage" is not, I don't think, particularly relevant. Also: the point of YC is to put fingerprints on the maximal number of successful startups. Ideas from people who aren't inclined to start companies aren't a particularly important part of that. You lost me with "revolutionary ideas". Ideas aren't what's important. |
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One thing about YC that doesn't get enough attention is that by coming up with a model and articulating it (and generally doing everything) in a way that makes sense to hackers, they have grown the total number of startups. That is, some people who wouldn't have otherwise have founded a company have been inspired to do so. YC have made the pie higher! http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/bljokebushpiehigher....
In my opinion all sorts of social and macroeconomic good may emerge from this.