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		aberman on Nov 5, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The “Interview” with Y Combinator That’s Not What you describe sounds more like a small business than a startup. YC only funds startups (i.e. scalable and disruptive). The two are not synonymous. YC primarily funds software and web-based companies because you can create a scalable and disruptive web-based company on $20k.

eru on Nov 5, 2009 [–]

I wonder where all those recent down-voters come from. It used to be more friendly around here. When only trolls got voted down to 0 or less.

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