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perfect example to give when someone asks about the value of YC. Sure $5K is a drop in the bucket..hell I just dropped that on my holiday promotion. But does anyone think that without the YC connections and validation, that the remail guys would have gotten this deal? I doubt that.

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gabor's a fairly enterprising guy.

yeah, but would someone like Rackspace want to take the risk if he didn't have YC backing him?

Yes. Have you used reMail? The product is awesome and it sells itself. I highly doubt YC was even part of the consideration.

Honestly, I feel like having YC backing you might actually end up putting a bad taste in the mouths of some companies.

so you think a huge corporation like rackspace, would want to take a risk with a company run by a single person? Yes remail is a good app, but the fact that it's a one man show, no doubt raised questions for Rackspace, and the fact that he had YC backing no doubt helped eased them.

why would YC put a bad taste in the mouths of companies?

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