YC used to select only top-tier startups, but now it seems more like a numbers game. As Brian Chesky mentioned, Silicon Valley has implicitly assumed that scaling a startup means shifting into 'manager mode.' It appears that YC is now operating in this 'manager mode.'
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rangav commented on Y Combinator Traded Prestige for Growth unfashionable.blog/p/yc/... · Posted by u/SvenSchnieders
YC's original appeal was for builders/creators who were truly passionate about building a great product that solved a real problem. Dropbox for example at the time.
In my opinion, effectiveness of anything dilutes over time especially as you increase volume. There is no way you can maintain the same level of vetting and quality when you have a batch of 50 vs batch of 500+ which is now where YC is. So they must have to pivot to a different model of vetting companies.
I am curious as to why they continue to do more batches instead of less. Is it really a numbers game now ?
For example, what was the last truly great product out of YC built by a true hacker/team ?
It looks like a numbers game. As Brian Chesky said, Silicon Valley have implicitly assumed that scaling a startup meant switching to manager mode. Now, YC seems to be operating in 'Manager Mode.'
I just used Postman yesterday for the first time in ages and loved how it had all my previous work saved in the cloud and restored it after logging in. Also, the pre-request script feature was great for calculating a signature of the request which had to be included in the request. Do other API clients have the scripting features of Postman?
Thunder Client is an extension for VS Code, has scripting and more features.
You can also save requests data to git repo.
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Download extension here
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Hi I am creator of Thunder Client
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