Don't collect celebrity investors. It's not a predictor of success. In fact, it may be a predictor of failure, because it's a sign that founders (a) lack confidence and (b) prefer fundraising to building stuff.
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There's also a huge difference in the advice you get / read from Current YC partners and that you get from
@paulg and@jesslivingston . I think the type of celebrity VC is also to be considered. Celebrity VCs by circumstance and celebrity VCs due to past contribution.
I know that isn't true, because when I talk to startups that YC has funded in recent years, I never find myself disagreeing with the advice they've been given by their group partners.
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I've never disagreed with advice from YC partners either, it's always resulted in improved approaches to problems. I do think it's different to what I said though. All YC partners (inc. past) give good advice. Some give excellent advice. A few give very specific rare advice.
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I shouldn't have used the world 'current' in my OP. It mislead the point. I do think that what I'm saying is true though. YC founders undoubtedly have their preferred YC partners.
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