Ask HN: Would buying dead YC companies be possible and worth it?

Posted by mchannon on Thursday March 21, 2019 @11:11AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Every demo day I see a few wallflowers that look like the runts of the litter. Maybe the team wouldn't take advice, didn't work hard, or fought amongst themselves.

Everyone looks at YC's success stories, but would it ever be worthwhile to acquire up a YC carcass for $1000, none of the original founding team, and buy your way in to the YC network?

(Yes, I could always apply to YC, but getting in is like getting your straight-B's nonathletic non legacy kid into Stanford: possible in theory but not even worth attempting given the odds).

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Re:Ask HN: Would buying dead YC companies be possible and wo... by keiferski on Thursday March 21, 2019 @12:48PM (#19454441)

You would be better served spending that time and money building your own project and applying to YC.

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Re:Ask HN: Would buying dead YC companies be possible and wo... by sillyguy123 on Thursday March 21, 2019 @06:14PM (#19457894)

For 1000 dollars you are unlikely to get the assets / IP unless the company has a lot of debt

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Re:Ask HN: Would buying dead YC companies be possible and wo... by cm2012 on Thursday March 21, 2019 @07:12PM (#19458293)

Eh, lots of projects are otherwise abandoned.

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Re:Ask HN: Would buying dead YC companies be possible and wo... by cvaidya1986 on Thursday March 21, 2019 @11:43AM (#19453664)

Only one way to find out.

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Re:Ask HN: Would buying dead YC companies be possible and wo... by mromanuk on Thursday March 21, 2019 @09:49PM (#19459017)

Yeah, make an offer for every dead company, and let’s see

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