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JumpCrisscross
13y ago
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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.
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acgourley
13y ago
Yes -
http://www.quora.com/Y-Combinator/Which-are-the-most-success...
(cliff notes: airbnb / dropbox are the bulk of returns)
herval
13y ago
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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