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Because of the recession, money started to be the limiting factor. We didn't feel like we could prudently expand when there might not be any more returns for the next several years.

We are probably going to invite more startups to interviews, and we definitely hope to accept a higher percentage of those we invite. And yes, we're going to encourage YC alums to help the other startups. They already do a lot, but we're going to set up more ways for this to happen.



Is there an estimate of how long YC needs in order to become self sufficient?


It would be very hard to guess, because it all depends on accidents of liquidity.


Isn't that were numbers start to kick in?

60 per round @ 10 years is 1200 startups?

Actually, that brings up a completely different question: Can YC scale to the point where you can't remember most of the names anymore?




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