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Re:Y Combinator Companies by dsugarman on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @05:08PM (#12447710)
33% is way too low as a failure rate for pre-seed startups. I think that number may be around what you would expect for Series A startups. The data is skewed because class sizes have grown over time so the data is skewed towards younger companies.
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Re:Y Combinator Companies by joncalhoun on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @06:12PM (#12448344)
Another factor is that it takes some time for a company to admit it failed, and everyone's opinion of "failed" is different. I suspect the actual number is higher, especially from an investors perspective.
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Re:Y Combinator Companies by nl on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @07:06PM (#12448790)
If you can just avoid dying, you get rich. That sounds like a joke, but it's actually a pretty good description of what happens in a typical startup.

http://www.paulgraham.com/die.html

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Re:Y Combinator Companies by jdoliner on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @08:04PM (#12449111)
Unfortunately many only prolong their dying, not avoid it.
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Re:Y Combinator Companies by peter303 on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @05:49PM (#12448127)
YC screens who can get into its incubator which improves the yield.
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