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		djaouen on Sept 30, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Y Combinator Traded Prestige for Growth At some point, you have to turn reputational capital into real capital. The hope, then, is that you only spend the interest on that capital.

toomuchtodo on Sept 30, 2024 [–]

Do you have to? Doesn't YC have enough capital to spend it on meaningful endeavors instead of silly "moonshots"? How much would be enough before this happens? Genuine questions, no snark.

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