Garry is saying the 2008-version of him and his company wouldn't get into the 2018 Y Combinator, which may well be true. But a version of Garry who'd been born

Garry is saying the 2008-version of him and his company wouldn't get into the 2018 Y Combinator, which may well be true. But a version of Garry who'd been born 10 years later and grown up/started his career in the time since 2008 would very likely make it into YC. The reason founders/companies applying to YC now are so much more polished and formidable than those of 10 years ago is that everyone's had the benefit of the past decade of startup knowhow being so much more widely available and easily accessible than it was back then. All the blogs, books, videos and living case studies playing out for everyone to observe, along with vastly more powerful software development frameworks and technology platforms, means that everyone now has a much more solid foundation from which to start their own thing. So whilst the bar may be higher, the launch pad is also a lot higher.