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Re:Y Combinator Traded Prestige for Growth by amirhirsch on Monday September 30, 2024 @10:45AM (#41697736)
YC benefits strongly from network effects; the value for each founder grows superlinearly with more founders. Grow faster!
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Re:Y Combinator Traded Prestige for Growth by edouard-harris on Monday September 30, 2024 @01:32PM (#41699795)
That's true but there's also a countervailing dilution effect. Hard to know exactly where those two lines intersect.
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Re:Y Combinator Traded Prestige for Growth by closeparen on Monday September 30, 2024 @02:44PM (#41700545)
A very straightforward way that this manifests: when a VC funds a developer tooling company, all their other portfolio companies are strongly encouraged to use it. Built in customers! The test is how much revenue you can actually bring in from outside the VC bubble.
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