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Has anyone been through Y Combinator more than once?

25th November 2013

My answer to Has anyone been through Y Combinator more than once? on Quora

Yes, this isn’t that rare. I think the Hipmunk crew went through YC, despite having previously gone through as part of reddit. The Erics from clutch.io had previously participated in YC as part of Convore.

Posted 25th November 2013 at 3:52 pm · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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