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Re:Scaling YC by ma2rten on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @11:19AM (#26556051)
They never even said that.

1. Any YC advice does not apply to all companies, but only to startups.

2. YC has funded companies in many places.

3. YC is not in SF.

4. This announcement doesn't say anything about location.

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Re:Scaling YC by fastball on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @11:27AM (#26556138)
Re: point 1, what is a startup if not a company you are starting...
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Re:Scaling YC by cs-szazz on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @11:32AM (#26556195)
I generally subscribe to PG's definition of a startup, which is a company designed to grow fast: http://www.paulgraham.com/growth.html
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Re:Scaling YC by btilly on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @12:32PM (#26556926)
I prefer Steve Blank's, an organization in search of a repeatable and scalable business model. See https://steveblank.com/2010/01/25/whats-a-startup-first-prin... for more.

The two definitions are equivalent though.

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