Welcome Sam, Garry, Emmett, and Justin
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Welcome Sam, Garry, Emmett, and Justin
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Re: Welcome Sam, Garry, Emmett, and Justin
#2These sorts of additions to the YC team provide a great example of how YC will scale its model. There's so much shared knowledge and know-how among the alumni and that's what will enable YC to create hundreds of companies a year without sacrificing quality.
Re: Welcome Sam, Garry, Emmett, and Justin
#3This move seems to indicate that the startups are having issues getting access/undivided attention from the 'senior' partners. It is great that ycombinator has become so successful but the value prop of it seems to be diminishing as it grows. If I wanted to collaborate with other founders there are plenty of meetup groups I could attend without giving up a large share of my company.
Re: Welcome Sam, Garry, Emmett, and Justin
#4This move seems to indicate that the startups are having issues getting access/undivided attention from the 'senior' partners. It is great that ycombinator has become so successful but the value prop of it seems to be diminishing as it grows. If I wanted to collaborate with other founders there are plenty of meetup groups I could attend without giving up a large share of my company.
No, this is in addition to office hours with the regular partners. And we can tell if there's any shortage there, from the length of the office hour request queue, which at this moment has only 2 requests in it.
Re: Welcome Sam, Garry, Emmett, and Justin
#5This move seems to indicate that the startups are having issues getting access/undivided attention from the 'senior' partners. It is great that ycombinator has become so successful but the value prop of it seems to be diminishing as it grows. If I wanted to collaborate with other founders there are plenty of meetup groups I could attend without giving up a large share of my company.
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#6This move seems to indicate that the startups are having issues getting access/undivided attention from the 'senior' partners. It is great that ycombinator has become so successful but the value prop of it seems to be diminishing as it grows. If I wanted to collaborate with other founders there are plenty of meetup groups I could attend without giving up a large share of my company.
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Re: Welcome Sam, Garry, Emmett, and Justin
#7This move seems to indicate that the startups are having issues getting access/undivided attention from the 'senior' partners. It is great that ycombinator has become so successful but the value prop of it seems to be diminishing as it grows. If I wanted to collaborate with other founders there are plenty of meetup groups I could attend without giving up a large share of my company.
Ouch! ;) I'm probably biased but a big part of the value we've received from YC has been from access to alumni -- for example, when going out for our series A Sam was actually the most helpful out of anyone we spoke to, having just gone through the process himself (and done a killer job!). I think the view we can bring as alumni going through later stage startups is that we have immediate relevant operational experience to earlier stage startups.
Re: Welcome Sam, Garry, Emmett, and Justin
#8This move seems to indicate that the startups are having issues getting access/undivided attention from the 'senior' partners. It is great that ycombinator has become so successful but the value prop of it seems to be diminishing as it grows. If I wanted to collaborate with other founders there are plenty of meetup groups I could attend without giving up a large share of my company.
Ouch! ;) I'm probably biased but a big part of the value we've received from YC has been from access to alumni -- for example, when going out for our series A Sam was actually the most helpful out of anyone we spoke to, having just gone through the process himself (and done a killer job!). I think the view we can bring as alumni going through later stage startups is that we have immediate relevant operational experie…
Totally agree with you, Justin. Garry and Sam were hugely influential for us at really important junctures during YC, and have continued to be helpful afterwards.
This is a huge win for YC.
Re: Welcome Sam, Garry, Emmett, and Justin
#9This move seems to indicate that the startups are having issues getting access/undivided attention from the 'senior' partners. It is great that ycombinator has become so successful but the value prop of it seems to be diminishing as it grows. If I wanted to collaborate with other founders there are plenty of meetup groups I could attend without giving up a large share of my company.
Re: collaborate with other founder: Not exactly. I'm pretty sure if I wasn't in YC, I wouldn't have been able to get a meeting with Justin, Emmett, Garry, or Sama (JEGS) so easily.
In addition, they've seen a lot in the past years, through pivots, raising, building a team, and through their ups and downs. They've been quite forthright in sharing their own experiences, and are valuable in their own ways that pg, harj, and pb would not necessarily be able to impart. As great as the senior partners are, and as much as they have seen, they have limited experience. Having the JEGS for office hours adds additional color and perspective.
Re: Welcome Sam, Garry, Emmett, and Justin
#10It's a dojo.
The most senior students teach you all the basic stances/punches/kicks/throws. The sensei helps you put it all together into a coherent fighting style.