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This post demonstrates survivorship bias perfectly. Cool, AirBnB and Stripe are worth billions. But what about the thousands of YC founders who burned years of their lives chasing the same dream? I went through YC in 2018, raised $2M, worked 80-hour weeks for three years, and ended up with nothing. The program's great at teaching you how to raise money, not how to build sustainable businesses

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