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A comment on Ask HN: How many billion dollar YC companies had traction before YC?.

Re:Ask HN: How many billion dollar YC companies had traction... by ghobs91 on Tuesday December 16, 2014 @02:12PM (#8758721)
I don't get the feeling that they require traction in the sense of pure # of users, but rather they want to see high engagement among the users you do have. Goes back to what PG says in his essays, better to have 100 people love your product, than 1 million who sort of like it.
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Re:Ask HN: How many billion dollar YC companies had traction... by jsonchen on Tuesday December 16, 2014 @03:04PM (#8759078)
Even so, was that true of any of the billion dollar companies before they joined YC, though? I'm not sure it was.
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