Re:The YC Winter 2022 Batch
by gumby on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @05:40PM
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> At this point, it seems like YC is just optimizing on execution risk
From YC's side the cash outlay is the same either way so why not put a lot of it into something lower risk?
But what's more interesting to me is from the team's side: clearly they are spending a large amount of equity (<7%) in exchange for some networking and the opportunity to be on the stage on demo day. Seems very expensive, but if you have built a SaaS business away from the deep investor and customer pools, it could really be worth it.
From YC's side the cash outlay is the same either way so why not put a lot of it into something lower risk?
But what's more interesting to me is from the team's side: clearly they are spending a large amount of equity (<7%) in exchange for some networking and the opportunity to be on the stage on demo day. Seems very expensive, but if you have built a SaaS business away from the deep investor and customer pools, it could really be worth it.