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Paul Graham gives YC's success a hard think.  Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/paul-graham-the-combined-value-of-the-top-21-y-combinator-companies-is-47-billion-2011-6?utm_source=Triggermail&utm_medium=email&utm_term=SAI%20Select&utm_campaign=SAI_Select_060211#ixzz1O9MVgZJh Paul Graham gives YC's success a hard think.  Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/paul-graham-the-combined-value-of-the-top-21-y-combinator-companies-is-47-billion-2011-6?utm_source=Triggermail&utm_medium=email&utm_term=SAI%20Select&utm_campaign=SAI_Select_060211#ixzz1O9MVgZJh Paul Graham gives YC's success a hard think.  Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/paul-graham-the-combined-value-of-the-top-21-y-combinator-companies-is-47-billion-2011-6?utm_source=Triggermail&utm_medium=email&utm_term=SAI%20Select&utm_campaign=SAI_Select_060211#ixzz1O9MVgZJh Paul Graham gives YC's success a hard think.  Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/paul-graham-the-combined-value-of-the-top-21-y-combinator-companies-is-47-billion-2011-6?utm_source=Triggermail&utm_medium=email&utm_term=SAI%20Select&utm_campaign=SAI_Select_060211#ixzz1O9MVgZJh Paul Graham

Paul Graham wrote a post analyzing the success of Y Combinator startups.

Y Combinator is a six-year-old incubator; 316 startups have gone through the program.

Graham recognizes that six years isn't enough time to properly measure the success of a startup. The companies are still too young; anything could happen.

Still, Graham gives it a whirl by looking at overall funding amounts and company value.

 

To read the full, original article click on this link: How successful are Y Combinator startups?

Author:Alyson Shontell