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mej10 | 5 years ago

> I don't get the impression that they had a "ton" of money when they started.

Viaweb was PG's first company, which sold to Yahoo for $49 million in 1998. Just as an FYI -- I think PG/JL/YC are great.

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defen|5 years ago

But how much went to them, vs investors, taxes, etc? It's not like they started YC with $50 million.

aprdm|5 years ago

even if 10% went to them.. this is 1998.. it is a lot of money back back then (more than 99% of people will make in their life time) and is a lot of money now.