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Re:Ask PG: What successful startups has Y Combinator passed ... by paulsutter on Sunday May 06, 2012 @08:39PM (#3937010)
I'd speculate that YC is perfectly happy to see startups succeed, even if they weren't one of the teams that they selected. I'm skeptical they give much thought to rejecting anyone.

I'm always happy to see people succeed, especially people I fired at one point. The beautiful thing about our field is that it isn't a zero sum game.

EDIT: none of the successful people I know spend time on regret

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Re:Ask PG: What successful startups has Y Combinator passed ... by michael_fine on Sunday May 06, 2012 @08:47PM (#3937032)
It's not that they would be disappointed that the team succeeded, it's that they would be disappointed they didn't invest in them.
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