Where are the black people?
Early Photos of Y Combinator
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#42Wow. It seems like so long ago yet I remember every moment of these photos. Especially the one taken the night we decided to start YC (we actually didn't come up with the name till later on). I think that was a tear of joy/excitement in my eye.
Everyone looks so young. Sam Altman looks exactly the same. (he still looks super young)
Perhaps a 'where are they now' would be interesting for the other guys in the batch.
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#43wow. justin looks like he's going to mess somebody up. and i wore that exact same shirt this weekend.
If anything Justin looks even bigger now--like he can twist heads off baby seals.
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#44Wow. It seems like so long ago yet I remember every moment of these photos. Especially the one taken the night we decided to start YC (we actually didn't come up with the name till later on). I think that was a tear of joy/excitement in my eye.
Jessica - you always look like the happiest person in the world. It is infectious.
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#46"It will never work" is such a killer name for a possible cult classic on Investing and Entrepreneurship.
Here's a clearer shot. Anyone who wants is free to use it for motivational posters or whatever: http://ycombinator.com/images/itwillneverwork.jpg
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#47Small typo in the last photo's description: "This is a missing a few people..."
Fixed; thanks.
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#48The last paragraph feels like a zen koan. Is a "good investor" not one that finds start-ups which will succeed (and thus make him money)? How do you try to be a "good investor" without trying to find start-ups which will succeed? How far away am I from enlightment?
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#49Who are the folks/companies in the picture at the bottom? I feel like I might recognize some of them, but they're much younger.
According to yclist.com (which is both unofficial and outdated), that first batch was Reddit, Infogami, Kiko, Loopt, ClickFacts, and Firecrawl.
Also Simmery and Memamp. According to my notes, Infogami ended up merging with Reddit as well as one persome from Memamp. Firecrawl became TextPayMe which was acquired by Amazon. Kiko sold on eBay after Google Calendar launched. Details here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AkkhSN3vaY4jdF9...
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#50wow. justin looks like he's going to mess somebody up. and i wore that exact same shirt this weekend.
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