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by toomuchtodo 5007 days ago
Which strikes me as somewhat funny if the review is true.

Ivy league isn't about what you know, but where you went and who you know. Isn't Y Combinator turning into Ivy League? People want to get in even without an idea? You want to network with people already in YC or those associated with it?

YC served a great purpose; to show how you can bootstrap your startup. Get an idea, refine it, sell it, profit.

I feel as if YC will become less relevant as time goes on, but the lessons and knowledge its aggregated will go on as "startup common sense".

EDIT: This is not to say that YCombinator hasn't served a great purpose. It has. Now that the idea has taken off, its bigger than a single organization: http://startupweekend.org/incubators/