> YC, like most incubators, has always encouraged their companies to use products and services from other companies in their portfolio.

Advising unproven risky businesses to depend on other unproven risky businesses? Doesn’t that just increase the likelihood that something goes wrong?

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jazzyjackson 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Does anyone remember being voluntold to use Skiff for email and calendar, instead of a product that actually handles timezones in event invites?

I'm convinced the point of YC must be something other than launching successful businesses

	▲	bombcar 39 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I mean it’s obvious that successful businesses are only a side effect of what the point is - a successful exit. And if one big success can be strongarmed to help other ventures exit successfully, they’ll do it. Why wouldn’t they?

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remus 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

From the POV of YC, they don't mind too much if it is a bit risky for any given individual company if it increases the legitimacy and stability of their portfolio as a whole.

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direwolf20 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The already 99.9% likelihood?