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Y Combinator has funded over 5,000 startups.
Y Combinator has funded over 5,000 startups. Only 267+ are worth $150M+. Just 60 became unicorns. That’s a ~1.2% hit rate. But that tiny percentage includes Airbnb, Stripe & Coinbase. 11 brutal lessons from YC leaders that every founder must learn:
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Y Combinator has funded over 5,000 startups.
Only 267+ are worth $150M+.
Just 60 became unicorns.
That’s a ~1.2% hit rate.
But that tiny percentage includes Airbnb, Stripe & Coinbase.
11 brutal lessons from YC leaders that every founder must learn:
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