Why You Always Read About Y Combinator Startups on TechCrunch

Re:Why You Always Read About Y Combinator Startups on TechCr... by qhoxie on Thursday October 09, 2008 @03:52PM (#328185)

I don't really buy this for a number of reasons, which is not to say that YC companies don't do exclusives with TC, but the author makes it sound way too shady.

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Re:Why You Always Read About Y Combinator Startups on TechCr... by netcan on Thursday October 09, 2008 @07:54PM (#328410)

I think the more interesting question might be why does this sound shady. It's not coincidental. People have a tendency to regard press 'deals' as very shady and be very suspicious that they are occurring.

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Re:Why You Always Read About Y Combinator Startups on TechCr... by qhoxie on Thursday October 09, 2008 @07:57PM (#328411)

It only sounds shady the way the author spins it. PG explained it in plain language above, and it sounds normal there.

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Re:Why You Always Read About Y Combinator Startups on TechCr... by wmf on Thursday October 09, 2008 @08:56PM (#328448)

Exclusives are shady because companies use them to "buy" uncritical press coverage. It's not clear that there are any exclusives here, though.

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