... if you talk to say any of the first 40 or 50 employees, they all feel like they were a part of the founding of the company.
You can basically change everything in a startup but the market.
... We probably funded a rate of something like one out of ten solo teams.
In YC's case, the number one cause of early death for startups is cofounder blowups.
In YC experience, 2 or 3 co-founders seems to be about perfect.
You need this sort of a tailwind to make a startup successful.