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Re:Was Y Combinator worth it? by tptacek on Thursday August 10, 2023 @08:46PM (#37083703)
Why can't you choose if you go to YC? Plenty of YC companies have not raised A rounds.
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Re:Was Y Combinator worth it? by skeeter2020 on Thursday August 10, 2023 @10:43PM (#37084495)
voluntarily not raised A rounds, or been unable to though?
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Re:Was Y Combinator worth it? by tptacek on Thursday August 10, 2023 @11:06PM (#37084662)
Voluntarily not raised A rounds. What do people think happens if you don't raise after YC? YC isn't a conventional VC firm. They don't take board seats. They don't need you to shoot the moon (they'd like it if you do, but they're not structurally dependent on it). They are in fact pretty chill about you going on to bootstrap after your batch wraps up.
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Re:Was Y Combinator worth it? by brianwawok on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @10:58AM (#37148102)
True, but a big reason to use YC is for the fundraising contacts. If you never go to A, you gave away a lot of your company for not a lot of money.
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