Airbnb was basically dead before they got into YC. They very likely would have quit, as they were heavily in personal debt and couldn’t find anyone to invest in them.
Reddit was pretty much PG’s idea, or at least an idea he helped Steve and Alexis come up with.
Stripe is hard to imagine getting started if PC hadn’t already had an exit with an earlier YC-funded startup.
I could go on and on, but the point is clearly false.
Reddit was pretty much PG’s idea, or at least an idea he helped Steve and Alexis come up with.
Stripe is hard to imagine getting started if PC hadn’t already had an exit with an earlier YC-funded startup.
I could go on and on, but the point is clearly false.