But I'm not talking about cold-emailing -- I'm talking about personal relationships. They just aren't defined by having the same seed funder. When I walk down

But I'm not talking about cold-emailing -- I'm talking about personal relationships. They just aren't defined by having the same seed funder. When I walk down the street in SOMA or the Mission, I too am likely to run into a developer that I know. And I'm not even a very social person. But I've been around the Valley & SF for almost six years now. Maybe YC gets you off the ground faster, maybe you get that in year one. Still, I hope you are also reaching out to make connections with non-YCers.