Y Combinator has lost its soul: A YC founder's perspective

Re:Y Combinator has lost its soul: A YC founder's perspective by jfengel on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @10:55AM (#23917697)

I take it FAMGAN is FAANG+Microsoft? Googling failed to turn up any other usages of this term.

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Re:Y Combinator has lost its soul: A YC founder's perspective by nindalf on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @11:19AM (#23917941)

But in an hour Google will return this thread as a result. Be The Change You Want To See.

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Re:Y Combinator has lost its soul: A YC founder's perspective by disgruntledphd2 on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @11:59AM (#23918391)

I don't really understand why Netflix is in there, they seem to be a content production business funded (poorly) by debt.

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Re:Y Combinator has lost its soul: A YC founder's perspective by Apocryphon on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @03:38PM (#23920730)

It's purely there because of the stock price. Blame Cramer.

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Re:Y Combinator has lost its soul: A YC founder's perspective by site-packages1 on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @12:09PM (#23918508)

Super high salaries + recognizable company.

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Re:Y Combinator has lost its soul: A YC founder's perspective by site-packages1 on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @12:09PM (#23918505)

I always hated that Microsoft wasn’t represented.

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Re:Y Combinator has lost its soul: A YC founder's perspective by mrep on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @04:51PM (#23921426)

French wikipedia has GAFAM [0] which I think makes the most sense as they are the biggest by market cap.

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