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I'm a founder in the current S20 batch. I'd say that the @AdamNeumannsCoS thread on YC misses the mark.
1/n https://twitter.com/AdamNeumannsCoS/status/1285651161723342848
I'm a founder in the current S20 batch. I'd say that the @AdamNeumannsCoS thread on YC misses the mark.1/n https://twitter.com/AdamNeumannsCoS/status/1285651161723342848
Re: B2B SaaS.
The B2B/consumer split is not that sharp. It's maybe 70/30, but even this doesn't support the "circularly selling devtools" narrative.
Most B2B teams in my group have no YC customers and sell into very non-tech verticals.
It's B2B, but not for each other.
The B2B/consumer split is not that sharp. It's maybe 70/30, but even this doesn't support the "circularly selling devtools" narrative.
Most B2B teams in my group have no YC customers and sell into very non-tech verticals.
It's B2B, but not for each other.
Re: YC has too many tech climber types.
Maybe. Either way, YC isn't admitting them intentionally.
YC partners are rational capitalists. They're investing to win, not to fund PMs' PTO.
Maybe. Either way, YC isn't admitting them intentionally.
YC partners are rational capitalists. They're investing to win, not to fund PMs' PTO.
Re: batch too big.
The batch doesn't feel that big.
For speakers, getting talked at scales really well.
For workshops, you stick with your core sub-group of ~10 companies, so it does feel close-knit.
The batch doesn't feel that big.
For speakers, getting talked at scales really well.
For workshops, you stick with your core sub-group of ~10 companies, so it does feel close-knit.
Re: hard to get face time.
Eh, not true. Most partners post daily office hours that you can book morning-of.
Also, every partner gives out their personal cell phone. If it's urgent, you can just call, and they'll pick up/call back.
Eh, not true. Most partners post daily office hours that you can book morning-of.
Also, every partner gives out their personal cell phone. If it's urgent, you can just call, and they'll pick up/call back.
Re: YC and founders going into credit card debt.
Institutions should make it easier to become an entrepreneur, not harder.
Spending many years all-in on one idea is skin in the game enough, no?
Institutions should make it easier to become an entrepreneur, not harder.
Spending many years all-in on one idea is skin in the game enough, no?
Re: $25k with follow on.
1) No one joins YC for the money.
2) It's unclear that reducing the amount (or shrinking the batch size) would do anything to curb the "problems" you enumerate.
The dominance of devtools/B2B aren't YC's phenomena, they're Silicon Valley's.
1) No one joins YC for the money.
2) It's unclear that reducing the amount (or shrinking the batch size) would do anything to curb the "problems" you enumerate.
The dominance of devtools/B2B aren't YC's phenomena, they're Silicon Valley's.
