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Have these disputes changed YC views regarding single founders?[0] I think YC has always favored founding teams with a dominant leader[1], but I wonder if these break-up experiences have pushed it a bit further towards single founders with strong teams.

I guess there is no change, since the advantage YC sees in multi founders is probably only for the time interval before these disputes, at which point they are already doomed. But what I may be missing: could amicable breakup ever help a company avoid the dead pool?

Another thing I find missing from the discussion: is this move also meant to push new founders to profitability faster? PG seems to be mentioning it more lately ([2], [3] etc.).

[0] Honest question- I hope it does not spark another single vs. multi founder debate.

[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK3sVFs6_rs

[2] The best solution is not to need money. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4067297

[3] The best thing to measure the growth rate of is revenue. http://www.paulgraham.com/growth.html