I mean it depends, maybe you are bad at getting equity and don’t have a feel for what a good deal is. Also I would think having the catharsis of people who have

I mean it depends, maybe you are bad at getting equity and don’t have a feel for what a good deal is. Also I would think having the catharsis of people who have suffered through exponential growth and your company nearly dying many times would be very helpful. If there’s a choice between doing YC and having great examples who have done it all before I’d personally be happy with the 7% just knowing I had people to reach out to with the same war stories.