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I'm starting to wonder if being a VC-backed company in the post YCombinator era puts you at a serious disadvantage by not being in the yc network...


Isn't that the Evil Plan! Muahahaha.

Seriously, PG and crew have done an amazing job at positioning themselves to effectively own 6%+ of every tech win that will come along.

Although, I had posed the question previously about YC cloning itself to provide a focus on a vertical (i.e. Health) but PG replied that they were going to stay broadly focused.

Then Rockhealth created a healthcare focused YC clone. I think that is one opportunity YC missed...




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