YC's mission is ostensibly to create more startups than would otherwise exist. So how many startups would not exist in 2018 if YC didn't exist? A hundred maybe?

YC's mission is ostensibly to create more startups than would otherwise exist. So how many startups would not exist in 2018 if YC didn't exist? A hundred maybe? The number can't be large because they don't do anything at scale yet. And yet there's potential for thousands of new startups to exist each year. Most people don't believe this, maybe not even YC, but that's what I'd call lack of ambition. When ICOs (equity crowdfunding) comes into its own we will have a measure of how unambitious Silicon Valley has been. I predict it will be a shocking revelation.