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One simple way to evaluate this would be to look at press attention.

I did a quick check using Mattermark data of which YC companies got the most news since 2013 that are not still alive. It yielded (num articles / startup): 67 Homejoy 13 Tipjoy 13 Buttercoin 6 Tutorspree

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Tipjoy shut down in 2009, how could it possibly be 13?

Tipjoy's founder started another company, got into YC again, got funded again, and got lots of press again. A lot of that press mentions the founder, and names his previous startups, including Tipjoy.

That makes sense. He's me btw

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