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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.

Posted 5th December 2013 at 3:21 pm · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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