YC is in the investing business, right? They don't pick startups based on how nice you are, or how pretty you are, or how hard you've worked, or how much you d

YC is in the investing business, right? They don't pick startups based on how nice you are, or how pretty you are, or how hard you've worked, or how much you deserve success in life. They pick those that will make money because it makes them money. When they pick wrong, they want you to come back and tell them so that they can pick better in the future and... make more money. It is a self-interested proposition. Not pernicious, but not especially respectable either. Don't get me wrong, I don't know anybody at YC and they're probably nice folks. They seem good for the startup community. But YC is a business, not a charity.