Ask HN: Is YC really cool with a lifestyle business?

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14 years ago

Apropos http://paulgraham.com/swan.html#f1n "it's cool with us if the founders want to sell early for a small amount, or grow slowly and never sell (i.e. become a so-called lifestyle business)"

I run a side business that I hope will eventually become a lifestyle business; there must be lots of other HNers in a similar position. I've assumed that since we never intend to be the next Google–or even the next Dropbox–we should never apply to YC.

Is YC really open to applicants like me? How could it be rational for YC to accept me instead of yet another wanna-be billionaire who "radiates 'winner'"?

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