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Re:Why to Apply to YCombinator by AaronS on Tuesday October 09, 2007 @11:21PM (#65626)
You join YC so you will be able to tell stories about how pg supplied you with cup-o-noodles for several months in exchange for 6% of your company.

It's like the story in the Bible where Esau sells his birthright for a bowl of lentils. Genesis 25: 30-34

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Re:Why to Apply to YCombinator by inklesspen on Wednesday October 10, 2007 @12:47AM (#65662)
It's not the money. It's the contacts.
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Re:Why to Apply to YCombinator by ryanspahn on Wednesday October 10, 2007 @06:12PM (#66035)
Yes - indeed! It is not the money, but the contacts and the experience of working with passionate, like minded individuals in which you learn from!
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Re:Why to Apply to YCombinator by mariorz on Wednesday October 10, 2007 @01:13AM (#65672)
not just contacts, they're experience no doubt comes in handy and also being able to focus on building your product while they take care of the boring legal part.
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