Y Combinator Reaches Farther Beyond Silicon Valley
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You'd have a tough time coming up with a more Silicon Valley institution than Y Combinator. The technology business incubator is based in Mountain View, California — about a 25-minute bike ride from Google's headquarters — where hundreds of entrepreneurs apply to get help developing their websites, apps and gadgets. The speakers list looks like a selection of Crunchies award nominees: Jack Dorsey, Mark Zuckerberg, Marc Benioff, Marissa Mayer.
Recently, the incubator has been breaking out of its bubble. The upcoming group of Y Combinator members, known as the winter 2014 class, is the most geographically dispersed, according to Paul Graham, the program's co-founder.