For a startup, the real value of YC is in the ‘network effect’ (as a business grad friend of mine calls it) and the ‘know how’ (the whole advisory package) of b

For a startup, the real value of YC is in the ‘network effect’ (as a business grad friend of mine calls it) and the ‘know how’ (the whole advisory package) of building a business around an idea; that is hard to beat even with time, particularly with time.