It was just an observation. I think it is even better that it was a coincidence. As the saying goes: "the harder you work, the luckier you get".

But even if it wasn't, I couldn't say that there was something unethical or shady about it. Sorry if it seemed that I was implying something like that. It was far from my intention.

TC has always been very kind to YC and its startups. They seem to take the view that startups are going to have a hard enough time without their first media appearance ripping them apart over the usual early startup pains and problems. TC readers that comment, on the other hand, are like a more vicious and less literate TMZ that somehow views startups profiled at TC as "the other half" who don't have to work for a living. Not entirely relevant to this thread, but I've been pleasantly surprised by how nice the TC folks are in print and in person, and they're enthusiastic about the whole YC concept.