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Re:I am done. I give up by cies on Friday December 23, 2022 @05:39AM (#34104314)
> Most founders are still men from Ivies or Stanford

Is that also true for YC startups? I felt like YC (while still playing the capitalist's game) was providing a more equal opportunity to start-up "luck" by just looking at the numbers :)

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Re:I am done. I give up by vineyardmike on Friday December 23, 2022 @05:55AM (#34104412)
No idea but I’d love to see data…

Eg - academic breakdown of founders

- % founders that already knew a YC grad personally

- founders that knew YC investors

- etc

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Re:I am done. I give up by themoonisachees on Friday December 23, 2022 @07:11AM (#34104929)
Maybe, but to have good numbers to be in YC to begin with having the right connections helps a lot.
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