# Exclusive: Inside the Startup-Generating Secrets of Y Combinator

<http://www.vanityfair.com/business/2012/10/y-combinator-start-up-think-tank>

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## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words)

Twice a year, close to 200 teams of aspiring tech entrepreneurs, most in their 20s, converge on Mountain View, in Silicon Valley, vying for a spot at Y Combinator, the seven-year-old seed-funding firmcumaccelerator co-founded by venture investor Paul Graham. Their dream: becoming the next Y.C.-backed sensation, like Dropbox, Airbnb, or OMGPOP. In an adaptation from his new book, Randall Stross follows one of the summer 2011 start-ups from tryout to Demo Day, to see what it takes.

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