YC Stats Winter 2015

Post by NhanH » Tue, Mar 17, 2015, 4:19 PM UTC

solve wrote: post #6

illdave wrote: post #2

Interesting to note that the average founder age is 30.27 (median is 29). Not that that's old, of course - just that I imagined it'd be younger.

The median age has been pinned to the '84 - '85 age group since the start.

Post by katm » Tue, Mar 17, 2015, 4:25 PM UTC

minimaxir wrote: post #3

Why are the YC total stats for all YC companies on the W2015 infographic? That seems out of scope. The percentages of companies with a female/black/Hispanic are slightly off. As worded, it should be calculated by (# W2015 companies with atleast 1 female/black/Hispanic founder) / (# W2015 companies). For companies w/ female founders, 25 / 114 = 21.93%, not 23%. Black: 9 / 114 = 7.89%, not 8.03% Hispanic: 6 / 114 = 5.2…

Post by thearn4 » Tue, Mar 17, 2015, 4:27 PM UTC

Post by hmate9 » Tue, Mar 17, 2015, 4:28 PM UTC

monsterix wrote: post #4

Age of the eldest entrepreneur @YCcombinator = 66? I sure want to know more about this person, and their start_up! I'm a relatively older entrepreneur too, fall right on the right side of the median. Recently I had been been thinking of applying to YC. But couldn't convince myself for it, and my age was one of the reasons.

Post by bache » Tue, Mar 17, 2015, 4:30 PM UTC

srinivsn wrote: post #12

What's the difference between B2B vs. Enterprise?