I guess my argument is that you could replace him with any number of the numerous reasonably above average performers at your company and the results would be the same.
The difference is that none of your coworkers got to sell a company to Yahoo! at an inflated dot com era price to fund a venture capital firm.
Sure, YC is a famous seed accelerator, but it’s also not unlike a number of other early stage investment firms that also provide mentoring and guidance to early stage founders. The success of these venture firms boils down to a math equation and a selection process, not any sort of unique secret sauce.
It is a venture of owning capital and growing it, not of any sort of unique skill set.
The difference is that none of your coworkers got to sell a company to Yahoo! at an inflated dot com era price to fund a venture capital firm.
Sure, YC is a famous seed accelerator, but it’s also not unlike a number of other early stage investment firms that also provide mentoring and guidance to early stage founders. The success of these venture firms boils down to a math equation and a selection process, not any sort of unique secret sauce.
It is a venture of owning capital and growing it, not of any sort of unique skill set.