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		Pulling back the curtain on the magic of Y Combinator (lennysnewsletter.com)
		5 points by gmays 3 months ago \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

robocat 3 months ago [–]

I wish there were stats on the number of YC founders that end up with nothing. And early employees.

My experience in NZ is that the modal return for founders here is $0.

YC/PG get to average their returns, but what is the risk of failure for individuals?

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