Having made several angel investments, I can tell you my eyes kind of roll when I hear the billion dollar valuation. It's very apparent when a startup has taken the number 1 billion and then just divided it by the potential number of users for its particular product and then by 12 months to come up with the monthly cost of the service.
The last investment we made presented numbers that were far more modest, but we knew the team seemed highly capable and respected their honest assessment, so we went with it.
Y Combinator, Silicon Valley’s Start-Up Machine
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#12Why are some investors losing interest in YC companies? It's not only noted in this article, but was also a topic of discussion after this past demo day. Is it because YC seems to be investing in less startups 'trying to hit the home run' like Airbnb, Dropbox, arguably Stripe now? To me, it's somewhat confusing because the companies are still solving pretty darn realistic problems and are doing so uniquely.
[edit] this comment was posted (somewhat so) in the hopes that one of the partners will respond with their thoughts and if they plan to address this and if so, how so?
Re: Y Combinator, Silicon Valley’s Start-Up Machine
#13Why are some investors losing interest in YC companies? It's not only noted in this article, but was also a topic of discussion after this past demo day. Is it because YC seems to be investing in less startups 'trying to hit the home run' like Airbnb, Dropbox, arguably Stripe now? To me, it's somewhat confusing because the companies are still solving pretty darn realistic problems and are doing so uniquely. [edit] th…
Because the kids that are smart enough to do the next big thing are most likely smart enough to avoid VCs.
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#14this article makes YC look ridiculous
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#15Having made several angel investments, I can tell you my eyes kind of roll when I hear the billion dollar valuation. It's very apparent when a startup has taken the number 1 billion and then just divided it by the potential number of users for its particular product and then by 12 months to come up with the monthly cost of the service. The last investment we made presented numbers that were far more modest, but we kn…
Can I pitch you? I know it may sound like a small question, but I would love to have just one email sent between us.
I have been running with my start up for about 9 months. Its almost ramen profitable.
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#16Why are some investors losing interest in YC companies? It's not only noted in this article, but was also a topic of discussion after this past demo day. Is it because YC seems to be investing in less startups 'trying to hit the home run' like Airbnb, Dropbox, arguably Stripe now? To me, it's somewhat confusing because the companies are still solving pretty darn realistic problems and are doing so uniquely. [edit] th…
Because the kids that are smart enough to do the next big thing are most likely smart enough to avoid VCs.
That doesn't sound like a compelling reason. If that's true now, that was at least as true before when the terms tended to be even worse for entrepreneurs. What's changed recently?
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
Because the kids that are smart enough to do the next big thing are most likely smart enough to avoid VCs.
That doesn't sound like a compelling reason. If that's true now, that was at least as true before when the terms tended to be even worse for entrepreneurs. What's changed recently?
what could be more compelling than the best people avoiding YC?
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#18Imagine if we could crowd fund this event!.. sigh.
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#19Probably the best article about YC I have read.
Not sure if that's saying much given how many I read, but perhaps it is :)
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Because the kids that are smart enough to do the next big thing are most likely smart enough to avoid VCs.
That doesn't sound like a compelling reason. If that's true now, that was at least as true before when the terms tended to be even worse for entrepreneurs. What's changed recently?
It costs almost nothing to run a company in the cloud and the software infrastructure is so productive that you can realistically bootstrap yourself.