Would YCombinator have invested in Apple?
5th December 2013
My answer to Would YCombinator have invested in Apple? on Quora
Yes. YC is about the team, and the fact that those two had built a prototype of a personal computer in their garage (in 1976!) would get them in to YC without any trouble, even considering the quality of applicants YC gets today.
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