From Oxford to Silicon Valley, part six
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the pre-edited version lives here http://blog.auctomatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/bbc6.html
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"I’ve never had a problem with self-confidence so saying that YC gives me a new feeling of self-confidence wouldn’t be accurate. I think what has done is given me a new sense of belief and that has come from being around people who have been a success. When you’re having dinner every week with people like Joe Kraus, Evan Williams, Paul Buccheit, PG it suddenly dawns on you that there’s actually a chance you can succeed despite stupid odds."
From "What I expected from YC and What I Got" http://blog.harjtaggar.com/?p=37
I think that your BBC articles and your co-founder's blog entries about Y-Combinator capture the feeling of what it is like to become part of the YC family. Thank you for sharing.
It's great that the owners achieved the outcome they desired, very positive; however I also think it's important to keep in mind that it will take some time for the buyer to realize value from the acquisition. In my opinion that should be the metric of success, did the acquired company create value, not for the previous owners/investors through an acquisition, but for the current and future customers through it's operations. I think sometimes the idea the companies should create value-added as an ongoing entity gets lost in the discussion about the company's stock creating a return for the investors/owners.
Disirregardless, congratulations. :)