How a train ride helped Mixpanel get into YC

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42 points·dko··10 comments

Just as Garry helped us, we're happy to pay it forward and meet future YC candidates who make it to the interview at the Creamery.

More like, "how knowing the right people helped Mixpanel get into YC."

Knowing the right people always helps things happen. Reading "How to Win Friends and Influence People" has been fundamental to any success I've managed to find.

Having social skills is one thing, but this story makes it seem like there isn't much of a meritocracy at work.

Great post but I take issue with calling Andreessen Horowitz the #1 VC firm. I've had an interaction with Marc that made me question whether I'd ever want to work with him.

I'd argue that Social+Capital (who took 100% of our A-Round at http://teamtreehouse.com) is really leading the industry now.

Why do you like S+C, aside from the obvious that they did your A?

They have a terrible name, it's impossible to find them via a google search (unless you use their exact name) and the company that does show in the majority of results (http://www.socialcapitalpartners.ca/) invests in lube and trucks. Such a generic term seems a very strange name to use for anything.

Wow, they are really hard to find. I found them on Crunchbase, but with no URL. The only way I found their site was through the Treehouse funding announcement on TechCrunch.

Social+Capital might be a great VC, but they really need to work on being found!

For future reference: http://s23p.com/

I think this theme of "we implemented BASIC Interpreter / Firebase feature / Mixpanel analytics on the plane / street car/ Caltrain" is overused.

The spirit in this is just great, I really mean that!

Edit: I realy have been serious about it. Apologies if you could have taken the comment as sarcasm, it wasn't.

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