<story><title>Y Combinator Accepts Record 60+ New Startups For Summer 2011</title><url>http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/10/y-combinator-accepts-record-60-new-startups-for-summer-2011/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>pg</author><text>As of last batch, which had 45 startups in it, we were able to give everyone the attention they needed, as measured by the results (= most observers thought w2011 was the best batch so far).</text></item><item><author>staunch</author><text>This makes YC a lot less interesting to me. Being one of ~150 founders vying for attention/advice/mindshare of YC is just not very compelling.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>daniel_levine</author><text>I am obviously a fan of YC. But, I would caution putting too much weight on what investors tell you or even their investment activity. At this point you are such a big deal, there is incentive to tell you whatever you want to hear.&lt;p&gt;Interestingly, much like investment portfolios (and most other things), investor opinion quality falls under some distribution. The opinions of a very small number of very no-nonsense, intelligent ones is probably the best indicator of batch quality. The rest matter very little.&lt;p&gt;On a related note, I think the distribution curve for YC batches probably shifts a minute amount to the right each batch but mostly fattens. Then, the range of investor opinions coupled with a growing positive bias creates what seems like a uniform larger shift to the right. Just speculation though.</text></comment>
<story><title>Y Combinator Accepts Record 60+ New Startups For Summer 2011</title><url>http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/10/y-combinator-accepts-record-60-new-startups-for-summer-2011/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>pg</author><text>As of last batch, which had 45 startups in it, we were able to give everyone the attention they needed, as measured by the results (= most observers thought w2011 was the best batch so far).</text></item><item><author>staunch</author><text>This makes YC a lot less interesting to me. Being one of ~150 founders vying for attention/advice/mindshare of YC is just not very compelling.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>fleaflicker</author><text>How can you judge a class so quickly? I think it&apos;s impossible to evaluate a class until 3+ years after YC.</text></comment>