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stevenj
on Nov 12, 2010
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Y Combinator announces two new partners, Paul Buch...
What about Berkshire Hathaway? Though, it's a pretty focused portfolio.
Perhaps YC will acquire companies in the future?
pg
on Nov 12, 2010
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BH is more like a conglomerate than an investment firm. They're just a super-disciplined conglomerate, unlike the random ones that gave the term such a bad name in the 1970s.
dmv
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More to the point, Berkshire Hathaway itself had only 19 employees as of the 2006 letter.
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Perhaps YC will acquire companies in the future?