Just for context, I'm the author of the OP. First, thanks for the thoughtful reply. I remember your post about your YC experiences, and it was great, especial

Just for context, I'm the author of the OP. First, thanks for the thoughtful reply. I remember your post about your YC experiences, and it was great, especially since I was considering doing something like this and really identified with it. I think I probably would have quit my job anyways, but getting into an accelerator like TechStars really made it a no-brainer. I'd like to raise the point that the idea you apply with doesn't matter a ton. It should be good enough to show that you're not stupid, but that's about it. We've already changed what we're working on significantly based on early customer development and discussions with the amazing TechStars mentors. It's actually been a little hard to convince myself that the reason we got accepted was like 90% team and only 10% idea (totally made up numbers, of course, but you get the drift). I completely bought into the concept of an accelerator validating your idea, and that was really just kind of wrong (at least in our case). Anyways, thanks again for the comment. Here's hoping we'll be as successful as you suggest. :)