Y Combinator: The Top Internet VC Firms (Sequoia #1)

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17 pointsjcwentz4 comments

I'd be curious to know how many people were polled to generate those numbers. For instance, if 25 people[1] were polled, then 23 of 25 -- 92% -- put Sequoia on their list. That would be quite impressive indeed.[2]

[1] I'm pulling that number from the ether, and the fact that there are 95 points visible; 25 people would have 125 available, and an excess of 30 seems reasonable. [2] Not that the data aren't impressive anyway.[3] [3] Yes, I have a footnote problem.

"mid twenties" -- pg in an email

Great! Now let's use the same method to measure the length of the emperor's nose. :)

If you have Nexis or bizwire access, you could probably get hard numbers going.

Well, he polled people who he knew understood VCs pretty well. I would trust a trusted network of people over a generic aggregation any day, and that's why this thought is insightful, while a US News list of the best VC firms probably would never make it to the front page of news.yc.

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