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I would love to believe what pg is saying. However there are strong counter points to his arguments.

Uber and Travis Kalanick don't seem to be failing. They may have some negative publicity, but their growth is strong. Uber is probably worth more than any single yc company including Airbnb.

Why does it need to be replaced? '12 mini would still be going strong.

On that note, why does YC let so many MBA founders in?

Thanks for writing this Ankit. This will help tons of people.

"Don’t let funding take your eye off the goal: making something people want. Everything else, including going through Y Combinator, is there to support that goal but is not the goal itself." Exactly...

agree 100%. Getting into YC is a bad bar for success.

YC will miss out on allot of companies. It not humanly possible for them to be that good.

I rather have a business that has that type of growth than get into YC.

I think the mindset to have here is that YC is so popular and the number of YC partners are so small, that you have a very small chance to get in the first place.

I wouldn't burn too many candles hoping to get in or trying to figure out a reason why you did not. There is a benefit to applying in that it makes your commitment to your startup even stronger.

Focus on what is important and that is your business. I truly believe building something sustainable is better for YOU, than trying to make the next Dropbox, Facebook etc. But if you already gaining Facebook like traction I am sure YC will already have heard of you.

Worry about your startup and just focus on making it sustainable. Becoming popular with customers and maintaining that relationship. has more benefits for more people than getting into YC. Focus on what is important.

That is allot of money to leave behind. However, if you can be happier doing something else for less money than go for it.

Agreed with edw519.

How come no one asks where do old chefs go to? What about old artists? What about old musicians? What about old plumbers? What about old construction people?

Agreed. I would do a small project just for fun.

Rust really interest me. However I want them to get to 1.0 before I can evaluate whether or not to use Rust in my app. Currently I am using Go and it stable for my needs. Rust could make me switch once they get to 1.0 and people start writing more projects in Rust.

I want to add that stability in deciding to use a language in an application is very important. How good the standard library is and how much traction the language is gaining in projects and particularly open source projects is also important.

Marc is extreme smart and talented individual. But when your on Twitter 24/7 and keep on making predictions your gonna be wrong at times. Sometimes you can be wrong in a really big way.