Your post contradicts itself. You either care about investor validation or not.
You just described your businesses by what investors value your companies, which means that you care about investors.
I think it's great though, both investor validation and user validation matter a lot in business (it doesn't matter if it's YC or VC).
I think they're referencing YC specifically. While money is money, there is a prestige put upon the acceptance into YC (obviously more so in this community). This, I believe, is what's being discussed. Not the validation of business ideas via VC investment.
Re:Post YC Depression
by texasbigdata on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @09:13AM
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Or...he described part of the formula that determines how much he can cash out for...which backwards looking is a function of company success.
I think you are contradicting yourself. YC is not just an investor.
And may be he just cares about money.
Maybe, or maybe you lack logic + specific situational insight. Perhaps you spoke too soon, before understanding.
Your case is true only if "YC" === "All Investors"
Re:Post YC Depression
by giovannibonetti on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @08:29AM
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I'm curious to know what biz #1, #2 and #3 are...
biz #1 is now series B at $120M valuation
biz #2 is now series A with $50M valuation
biz #3 is now seed with $15M valuation
I did not bother to apply with biz #3 to YC, probability-weighted, it was not worth the effort to me.