The power of Y Combinator has always been its network. The legendary Silicon Valley startup accelerator is known for smelting mere ideas into some of the most successful companies in technology, including Reddit, Airbnb, Dropbox, and Stripe. And in turn, the mythologies of those companies often commemorate crucial early contributions from people within Y Combinator’s powerful circles.
Yet Y Combinator’s success has also inspired a torrent of copycats, and today’s entrepreneurs have their choice of many incubators, accelerators, and startup schools. Why apply to YC? If you ask Garry Tan, who will take over as YC’s president and CEO next year, the
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