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Re:YC Graveyard: 821 inactive Y Combinator startups by epistasis on Sunday January 26, 2025 @10:57AM (#42830907)
One is risking money, one time, and the money is what could possibly get paid back.

If you can find money that doesn't insist on preferred liquidation, good on you. But those with the money tend to have a lot of say on giving it away.

Re:YC Graveyard: 821 inactive Y Combinator startups by mlhpdx on Sunday January 26, 2025 @12:33PM (#42831859)
For what it’s worth, which isn’t much, I see signs this precept is changing because of the huge amounts of investible capital fighting for opportunities as the thaw progresses. It’s not going to be a widespread change, though, most will stick with what they’ve known.