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JumpCrisscross
on June 7, 2012
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Would Steve Jobs have applied to Y Combinator?
Do we have empirical data that YC doesn't get most of its returns from incremental exits? I thought that the hallmark of the YC model was its diversification along the long tail of founders, freeing it from the 10-bagger trap of traditional VC.
acgourley
on June 7, 2012
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Yes -
http://www.quora.com/Y-Combinator/Which-are-the-most-success...
(cliff notes: airbnb / dropbox are the bulk of returns)
herval
on June 10, 2012
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given neither dropbox nor airbnb was sold yet, would they classify as "returns" yet? It seems more like unrealized profit to me...
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