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It should be pretty obvious from the post that I am a huge YC fan (and I added a disclaimer in the post in case you missed it).

You misjudged the intention of the post. Read the last few paragraphs.


I did read it, but it states the obvious (that YC startups are well, startups).

Name the company, let them respond to your allegations. That would be fair ..


Engineers were not encouraged to think independently.


Were any of the founders, technical?


Agreed! That was my biggest surprise - not lying but half-truths.


I got the sense that VCs were lining up for Series A

Did they tell you that VCs were lining up for Series A? Because when you just say "you got the sense", you say little about what they said and more about how you perceived whatever they said.


They might have said "we are looking into raising a Series A in the following months" or "Guy X is in contact with some of the top VCs in the valley", "we have a lot of interest from VCs", "we are in talks with xxx", etc. None is an affirmative, but they paint a clear scenario in your head.


And quite possible that none of those statements were untrue, either?


Like 100% mom growth was going from 4 users one month to 8 the next?


I didn't post here for you to feel sorry. I posted here so other people can learn from my mistakes.


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