I wrote this 8 years ago but recently reread it. It's an interesting topic rarely analyzed in depth. http://paulgraham.com/marginal.html
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@paulg isn't that YC's whole model though? Are you saying if it wouldn't be YC, it would be someone else - it's inevitable?
@ChrisSaad YC's model is to help startups, not bless them. And we started as outsiders; we only became insiders by helping them well.
