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		kenrikm on May 27, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How much do Y Combinator founders earn? Lies, damned lies, and statistics.. Talking about averages on data that looks more like a hockey stick chart (even if you exclude the outliers like DropBox and AirBnB) is not going to yield very accurate numbers.

scrafty on May 27, 2014 [–]

Did you read the whole article? The author acknowledges that point more than once.

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