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Re:What is ZIRP, and how did it impact the startup world? by dang on Saturday June 22, 2024 @04:44PM (#40762045)
I don't know about Twitter but I do know that what YC focuses on is founders. If most of the startups are working in some area, it's because that's what founders want to work on.

Maybe there's some link between the kind of founders that YC looks to fund, and the sort of things such founders want to work on, but as far as I know YC isn't pushing them in that direction.

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Re:What is ZIRP, and how did it impact the startup world? by threeseed on Saturday June 22, 2024 @11:03PM (#40764414)
Have often heard that YC picks the "best" founders and lets them work on whatever.

Which is interesting given that the last two batches had 90+% of founders being young and from SF.

So either international founders should quit running startups because they will never be great. Which is insulting.

Or YC is being a bit flexible with the truth and they do have a clear investment thesis.

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