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YC companies

4 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jan 11, 2017 by Sam Altman · across every show →

Everything said about YC companies, oldest first

Jan 11, 2017 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Altman: Nearly all YC B2B startups sell initially to YC companies
“Almost all of them sell exclusively to YC companies for their first 20, or nearly exclusively.”
Sam Altman Jan 11, 2017 ▶ 4:53 Office Hours with Sam Altman · Y Combinator
Mar 7, 2018 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Seibel: The vast majority of Y Combinator startups will fail
“What I will say is that we tell the batch that the vast majority of YC companies will fail.”
Michael Seibel Mar 7, 2018 ▶ 15:12 Michael Seibel - Startup Investor School Day 2 · Y Combinator
Mar 7, 2018 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Seibel: Only 20% to 30% of YC startups raise follow-on funding
“And, you know, from my kind of memory of the numbers, Series A's tend to happen between 12 and 24 months post-demo day. And between 20 and 30% of companies will raise follow-on funding post demo day.”
Michael Seibel Mar 7, 2018 ▶ 15:28 Michael Seibel - Startup Investor School Day 2 · Y Combinator
Jun 22, 2018 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Friedman: Scribd hired half its early engineering team via Hacker News
“I think probably half the engineering team that we hired came through Hacker News, and that's not atypical for YC companies.”
Jared Friedman Jun 22, 2018 ▶ 3:02 Announcing Work at a Startup · Y Combinator
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