Title: One bit of good news about the economy: would-be startup founders don't seem to have been deterred by it, yet at least.  YC got more applications this time than ever, and by a large margin: 10%.  The number usually goes up, but rarely so sharply.<p>It wasn't due to the essay I just wrote about starting a startup in a bad economy.  We were already on track for a record before that.<p>We don't quote actual numbers, lest it tempt competitors into a competition on that account
(which could easily be won by encouraging instead of discouraging single founders and undergrads).  But we have a long week ahead of us.
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