Having a bit of reserves in the bank before applying / getting into YC seems like it'd be a major help. Although it appears that many YC startups haven't had a

Having a bit of reserves in the bank before applying / getting into YC seems like it'd be a major help. Although it appears that many YC startups haven't had any trouble getting angel funding after their initial funding runs out. Just traditionally it can take many months to raise funding (while being distracted from making the product better), no?