Article also ignore’s that very few founders succeed
Has anyone ever plotted the lifespan of YC companies from each cohort?
Most of them end up dead…
Has anyone ever plotted the lifespan of YC companies from each cohort?
Most of them end up dead…
YMMV you do have to have a different less nihilistic mindset but it really is a bit of a Neo in the Matrix moment because it lets you see through a bit of the corporate veneer to see the complex mess of personal and group foibles that run our major corporations.
In the end it also ends up making you a 10x more effective worker if that’s where you end up even if just to protect your mental health by being able to explain what’s going on.
But just to caveat, its not YC or VC funding that is critical.
It’s the act of building something and trying to sell it that is.
No doubt there are learnings worth a lifetime, and changes that alter careers. You hope, the sense of superiority the experience seems to breed is not merely a coping mechanism, but an exercise in positive self-image [0]
Mostly an extremely online problem, not a real world one. More so the nature of the medium in fact.
Evidenced by how you edited out the “dead” in front of VC funded when you were quoting me. You read the tone you want to read.
Do consider re-reading my comment after a while.
> You read the tone you want to read.
Please, don't gaslight.
I dont know how re-reading is going to help me see this sentence differently. I am just telling you my lived experience shows me this prior is simply not true. That's all.
wait till you see what happens to a lot of forbes 30 under 30