Pictures of the original checks Y Combinator wrote @drewhouston and @arashf in 2007 for Dropbox.pic.twitter.com/WuQwOIPX7d
If anyone is wondering why there are two checks, it's because initially there wasn't a company to write the check to. Usually we'd write the first check directly to the founders.
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If only Stripe Atlas existed in 2007.
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Wait. So, Y Combinator first started in Cambridge?? I thought it was a SF company from the start. Interesting!
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holy cow, chills just looking at these 2 checks thinking of what are worth today! ^_^
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Oh so this is real life of the scene where Richard Hendricks tries to cash the check to Pied Piper, and the cashier explains to him that he needs to set up the company
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Do you still write checks? Paypal existed before 2007 :D
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