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brigadier132 on Oct 13, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why you shouldn't join Y Combinator

The point of the article is that it's not rational for individual startup founders to take rocket fuel at company conception which is what YC provides.

paulsutter on Oct 13, 2023 [–]

Startup means rocket. Very few businesses are startups, and very few business founders have use for YC

Definition from Paul Graham essay Startup = Growth:

http://www.paulgraham.com/growth.html

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