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by johnrob 4768 days ago
40 million is an arbitrary number, but it's still interesting that 7% is also the average YC equity stake.
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grinich 4768 days ago
Why is that interesting?
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johnrob 4768 days ago
The way you justify taking x% equity is by offering to improve the odds of success by at least x%. 40 million is definitely above any basic notion of success, so it would indeed appear that YC is delivering.
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