Why does Y Combinator prioritize creating a real community for early-stage founders?
Replied byGarry Tan
President & CEO at Y Combinator
Niche: Technology
Revenue: Not Publicly Disclosed/month
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Started: 2005
Building a startup is incredibly solitary and stressful. You face days when your co-founder loses hope, your best engineer quits, or you lose a major client. You need a trusted community of peers with whom you can be completely honest and vulnerable without having to act like you are constantly succeeding.
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