Re:Paul Graham is too arrogant
by nostrademons on Tuesday May 15, 2007 @10:25PM
(#22410)
There are far too many of us on the site for YC to help each and every one of us. That's what the YC admissions process is for: to cut the numbers down to a manageable group.
Speaking as a YC reject, I'd rather they limit the numbers and keep the quality up. PG et al aren't doing anyone any good if they "help" all 400 admitted startups but their help consists of a 3 sentence e-mail every month.
Also, they may owe their institutional success to "us", with "us" being the class of entrepreneurs, but they don't owe their success to any individual one of "us". I, for example, have done nothing to help YCombinator become successful except spending lots of time on Reddit, and there're thousands of other people who could make that claim.
Speaking as a YC reject, I'd rather they limit the numbers and keep the quality up. PG et al aren't doing anyone any good if they "help" all 400 admitted startups but their help consists of a 3 sentence e-mail every month.
Also, they may owe their institutional success to "us", with "us" being the class of entrepreneurs, but they don't owe their success to any individual one of "us". I, for example, have done nothing to help YCombinator become successful except spending lots of time on Reddit, and there're thousands of other people who could make that claim.