Saying that YC pushes people to do something 'beyond their reach' is fair, but saying that it extends their reach by selecting the right people is... not consistent.
Anyway, it's a good article, that's just a nitpick that jumped out at me.
"YC is able to extend founders' reach by... selecting founders" says nothing about YC actually doing something to extend founders reach, merely that they're good at selecting long-reach founders.
I do believe that they extend the reach of founders that they have selected, in any event.
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Saying that YC pushes people to do something 'beyond their reach' is fair, but saying that it extends their reach by selecting the right people is... not consistent.
Anyway, it's a good article, that's just a nitpick that jumped out at me.
Maybe "the right people" are those people who can take advantage of YC's capacity to extend their reach.
Probably, but that's not quite the same thing:
"YC is able to extend founders' reach by... selecting founders" says nothing about YC actually doing something to extend founders reach, merely that they're good at selecting long-reach founders.
I do believe that they extend the reach of founders that they have selected, in any event.