You should apply if you think the company will be worth ~7% more if you do YC th...

		sama on Sept 28, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I Am Sam Altman, President of YC Group. AMA You should apply if you think the company will be worth ~7% more if you do YC that it would be worth if you do it on your own. If you could make a $10B company on your own, but doing YC could make it be a $20B company, then it would obviously be well worth it.

This is a (sadly) very commonly misunderstood concept.