Where can I find a copy of Y Combinator’s user manual (as mentioned in the most recent book by Randall Stross)?
27th November 2013
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You can’t—the manual is confidential and only available to YC founders. If you want to read it, you need to get in to YC!
That said, a great deal of the information YC companies rely on is made available to the public in Paul Graham’s essays, including information that was originally just part of the user manual.
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