Y Combinator and Power in Silicon Valley - Commoncog Case Library

On September 10, 2010, AdGrok founder Antonio Garcia-Martinez was hanging out at co-founder Argyris Zymnis’s San Francisco apartment when he received a call from Rodger Cole. Rodger Cole was a litigator at Fenwick & West, and Fenwick & West was one of the big three Silicon Valley law firms. Getting an unexpected call from your law firm is never a good sign; this was no exception.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://commoncog.com/c/cases/y-combinator-power

Thanks, fixed! Turns out the editor borked the pasting of links.

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My main question is: if Paul Graham is so savvy, how come he turned YC over to Sam Altman?

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