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GabrielBen on Jan 11, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Daniel Gross of Apple leaves to become Y Combinato...

> Believe it or not, the YC partners and leadership are actually better judges of ability than the market. It could never work otherwise.

Doesnt match

> It was sold years later for less than the money the investors had put into it.

robotresearcher on Jan 11, 2017 [–]

No contradiction. YC likes Altman more than the market liked Altman's company. YC sees more potential than was manifest in that startup.

I have no opinion on his brilliance, just pointing out there's no mismatch.

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