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- guaranteed convertible debt money waiting for you after YC

- meetings with the best VCs

These could easily dry up if the yc batches do not maintain their perceived high quality. I'm not saying it will happen but it must be a concern?

- tailored advice from (more and more) folks who have done it again and again

This is my point, you can get this advice easily outside of YC.

that wasn't intended to diminish your personal value or expertise. I think there is a general concern that future YC batches will have less personal involvement from the people that made YC compelling.

This move seems to indicate that the startups are having issues getting access/undivided attention from the 'senior' partners. It is great that ycombinator has become so successful but the value prop of it seems to be diminishing as it grows. If I wanted to collaborate with other founders there are plenty of meetup groups I could attend without giving up a large share of my company.

but that's an inconvenience - it is much easier to just select a network then have to type the name, call me lazy #imnotsayingimjustsaying

meh - I handle interviewing/recruiting for years and have never found a need for anything like this, it is pretty easy sending challenges to promising candidates and collecting them for review by email. I'm surprised techcrunch would cover such a narrowly focused technology. I understand solving niche problems but I don't see broader use for a tool like this?

while your at it, pray for some kids with cancer to be cured, thats worked real well for them - here's looking at you big man with a beard in the sky