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A female founder at Y Combinator: my experience

4 pointsby jkurniaalmost 10 years ago

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omginternetsalmost 10 years ago
This is maybe (probably) confirmation bias, but I&#x27;ve noticed that those doing the most complaining are those whose companies have failed.<p>Assuming this observation is true -- an again, it may well be false -- I&#x27;m scratching my head as to what it might mean. On the one hand, it&#x27;s tempting to interpret this as the proverbial &quot;sour grapes&quot; or entitlement, but on the other hand, it makes sense to ask whether they might have succeeded had they been better-accompanied.<p>Ultimately, I think we need a bit of both. It makes sense to have very lean VC groups like YC, and it probably also makes sense to have more &quot;managed&quot; counterparts as well.<p>&quot;Different stroke for different folks&quot;, as the saying goes.