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Unfortunately, I think that some companies are in it for the funding as opposed to the experience itself. The real value of YC has little to do with any checks you get, but the knowledge you earn. I would take a YC spot over a $5 million VC check in an instant. $5 million buys a lot of Heroku dynos, but the YC-knowledge/experience is something that can make you potentially 50x anything you could get without YC.


Agree. Relationships, advice and experience (probably in that order) are how you get on the path to success, not money.

Having said that, $5M or a YC experience would be a tough choice -- would depend on the nature of my idea. <=$2M or YC I'm going YC all the way.


Are they, really? I find it to be surprising.

To begin with, that's not a lot of money, unless you are counting on 1-being funded by YC and 2-getting VCs to invest quickly.

I'd think that the boost of morale would be enough reason to apply.




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