Indeed, some of the other partners liken working at Y Combinator to building a university or a new type of institution that’s never seen before.
“If you think of YC as a corporation or a company, it has these characteristics that every big company would love to have,” said Harj Taggar, an alum who later became a YC partner. “It’s a bunch of smart people working on projects that they love and have upside in. But they are all linked together and get the benefits of being a part of a larger group. YC is effectively inventing a new form of organization.”
via techcrunch.com
I certainly concur, Mr. Taggar!