[dschiptsov]

What he did - he made a pipeline, same like Ford did with a car assembly line. But it not just that.

Usually there are very mediocre people who works at assembly line. The trick is that YC filters out the best people possible, like Google does.

This is why the odds of successful exit (one way or another) are much greater than on average. They don't need each project to turn out into Airbnb. More than one is enough.)

Everything else is second. It is a pipeline of people who motivate, control themselves and push themselves to the limits. This is the cheapest (but hardest) way to get work done.