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iamwil on March 20, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: I got into YC after applying 6 times. Here's my ad...

Not at all. Plenty of YC companies fail. The founders go on to do another startup, work at facebook/google/etc, work for another startup, or raise a family.

And also, there are plenty of non-YC companies that succeed. I've not asserted otherwise.

This is advice for you only if you're already convinced of the value of YC. If you aren't yet, there's other blog posts to cover that.

jasonlynes on March 21, 2011 | [–]

haha, i like that raising a family is a good option for when your startup fails

jijoy on March 20, 2011 | [–]

Personally , I am big fan of YC. However if the idea is good and execution is great , with or without YC , you will succeed .

cachehit on March 20, 2011 | [–]

Yes but the whole idea is that YC can help you execute better.

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