Mohnot: 2012 YC batches were higher quality and one-tenth today's size
Sheel Mohnot · Sheel Mohnot, Better Tomorrow Ventures on his journey from Fintech Entrepreneur to Fintech VC · Aug 3, 2020 · at 23:43
Sheel Mohnot, co-founder of Better Tomorrow Ventures, contrasts the angel investing environment in 2012 with modern venture investing.
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“Like, you know, at the time, the YC demo days were one 10th the size that they are today, and the quality was higher.”
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