Has the @onedirection model ever worked for startups?
(Putting together a bunch of highly talented individuals to make a product/company)
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Replying to @blakeir
Been thinking about this a lot lately, and would love to see an accelerator take individual applicants and group them together on a team.
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Replying to @TJRoss2411 @blakeir
We never did this in an organized way. Perhaps you're thinking of when we accepted groups without ideas?
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Replying to @paulg
any thoughts on YC taking applications from individuals? And YC helping to match teams + ideas.
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I think it would work well, especially with seasoned founders.
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Replying to @chrisgomez @paulg
I'm asking Paul, because he has taken bets on teams and given them ideas (i.e. Reddit)...
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It seems like a bad idea. Bolted-together founding teams tend to break apart under stress.
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Replying to @paulg @chrisgomez
tend to agree, the more I think about - there are endless moving variables here. Happy New Year! thanks for your thoughts
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