Ask PG: When do we get the email/call?

Re:Ask PG: When do we get the email/call? by cperciva on Wednesday October 17, 2007 @11:01PM (#69478)

Speaking of arguing about borderline cases -- have there been instances where you (or other YC principals) have gone ahead and funded applicants personally when you haven't managed to convince everyone else that they deserve to be funded by YC?

I suppose this is really a question about how much you're committed to doing things as a group -- if the YC process is anything like assessment processes I've been involved in (e.g., deciding who gets honourary degrees from my university) there must be instances where a minority thinks that an application is exceptional but can't convince other people of this.

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Re:Ask PG: When do we get the email/call? by pg on Wednesday October 17, 2007 @11:09PM (#69483)

No, but more because the money is not the important part than because we feel like we always have to act as a group.

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Re:Ask PG: When do we get the email/call? by cperciva on Wednesday October 17, 2007 @11:16PM (#69488)

Thanks -- I should have realized that while any one of you could fund an application which you liked, no one of you could provide all the other YC-related advantages without all the other YC principals agreeing.

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