Three ways to avoid overpaying for YC startups

Are the valuations too high? I might have a surprising answer for you. Now, while I would pass on those 15 to 20 million dollar valuations, other people might not. Let me explain.

这个“估值”是不是太高了？我可能会给你一个出乎意料的答案。虽然对于那些 1500 到 2000 万美元的估值，我可能会放弃，但是其他人可能不会。让我来解释一下。

There are three ways for you to avoid paying 20 million dollars. Number one, you could very easily meet with three founders a day over Zoom for three months, and that would be 200 or so companies.

你有三种方法可以避免支付2000万美元。第一种是，你可以在Zoom上每天轻松跟三位创始人会面，持续三个月，这将涉及大约200家公司。

The second thing you could do is you could start your own damn accelerator. If you're so jealous of YC, then make one. And you know what? Sequoia has one. Now they started their own program. I have one that I've had for five years. There's plenty of other options out there. You could go make one. But I can tell you, that would be even more money and time and effort than just doing the three meetings a day for three months.

你可以做的第二件事就是自己开一个加速器。如果你这么嫉妒 YC，那就自己创立一个加速器吧。而且你知道吗？Sequoia 也有自己的加速器。我也有一个已经运行了五年。当然还有很多其他的选择。你可以自己创建一个。但是我可以告诉你，那比只是每天进行三次会议三个月来说更需要更多的时间、金钱和精力。

The third thing you can do very simply is wait. Meet 30 founders you love at YC. Wait 30 days, write all their names down. Email each one of them 30 days and say, hey, I would love to jump on the cloth and see how things are going. Of those 30, I guarantee you, let's say between 20 and 25, they'll still have their rounds open. I would say maybe 25.

你可以非常简单地做的第三件事就是等待。在 YC 遇到 30 个你喜欢的创始人。等待 30 天，记下他们所有的名字。在 30 天内给他们每个人发一封邮件，说：“嗨，我很想了解一下您的情况，能不能用布条跳一跳？”在这 30 人中，我保证至少有 20 到 25 个人的项目还在开展。我想说大概有 25 个。