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How many YC companies have tech co-founders?

10th November 2013

My answer to How many YC companies have tech co-founders? on Quora

Ballpark guess based on my experience in YC: over 90% of YC companies have the technical capability within the founding team to at least ship their MVP. YC is really good at taking technical teams and teaching them the business side of things.

Posted 10th November 2013 at 6:08 pm · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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