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Season 2, Episode 5: The Dropbox IPO

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The American Dream Isn't Taking Off Yet

Y Combinator was founded in 2005 by Paul Graham and Jessica Weinberger. The founders raised $200,000 to run a summer program for undergrads at Princeton. At the time of Y Combinator's founding, there were still scars from the dot-com bust that prevented many college students from launching their own startups.

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