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As a clarification, by 'shutdown' do you mean failed, or does that include people who sold or were aquihired?

Good to see the 90% of startups fail 'statistic' blown out the water with some facts!




> Good to see the 90% of startups fail 'statistic' blown out the water with some facts!

If YC companies were representative of all startups there wouldn't be any point in going through YC.


~11% of their investments were in the last batch so I wouldn't read the ~30% dead rate as conclusive, a lot will need more time to die.




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