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Re:Y Combinator announces two new partners, Paul Buchheit an... by stevenj on Friday November 12, 2010 @03:02PM (#1899022)
What about Berkshire Hathaway? Though, it's a pretty focused portfolio.

Perhaps YC will acquire companies in the future?

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Re:Y Combinator announces two new partners, Paul Buchheit an... by pg on Friday November 12, 2010 @04:37PM (#1899382)
BH is more like a conglomerate than an investment firm. They're just a super-disciplined conglomerate, unlike the random ones that gave the term such a bad name in the 1970s.
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Re:Y Combinator announces two new partners, Paul Buchheit an... by dmv on Friday November 12, 2010 @05:04PM (#1899484)
More to the point, Berkshire Hathaway itself had only 19 employees as of the 2006 letter.
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