The Launch Pad
Inside Y Combinator, Silicon Valley's Most Exclusive School for Startups
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In the heart of Silicon Valley, a small investment firm selects an elite group of entrepreneurs for three months of intense work and instruction. Any one of them might turn out to be the next Dropbox or Airbnb. Stross is the first journalist to have fly-on-the-wall access to Y Combinator.
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If you like reading about startups and technology, you'll enjoy this. It's well written and researched and nicely structured.
I'd not say I came away with it with deep and nuanced insights, but I wasn't necessarily looking for that. As a much deeper primer on YC's mentality and how they operate, it was definitely worth reading.
Plus, who doesn't like those stories of the early days of startups where a small and passionate team of committed founders are battling to succeed against overwhelming odds (etc)?
