The top 100 YC companies is pulled from ycombinator.com slash top companies, which is a list of the most valuable companies that Y Combinator has ever funded. Transactional businesses make up 22% of the top100 YC companies and marketplaces actually make up 14%. The interesting takeaway here is that marketplaces are most likely to build winner take all companies.
One of the most common topics that founders ask us about is pricing and monetization. In this talk, YC Group Partner Aaron Epstein outlines 9 different business models, and highlights lessons from top YC companies on how to best monetize and price your product.
Business Model Guide: https://www.ycombinator.com/library/Gh-business-model-guide
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