Would tend to agree. There is sometimes another view of a successful business: find an opportunity, execute well, maybe generate $10-30m ARR with a small team o

Would tend to agree. There is sometimes another view of a successful business: find an opportunity, execute well, maybe generate $10-30m ARR with a small team over a 5 year horizon. For a lot of folks, that might look like 'success'. From a VC/YC/SV perspective, that might not be a satisfactory outcome. In fact, they're likely to push you to get bigger even though there may not be a viable path to doing so. So I get it, there are reasons not to join them. But then, some people want to build billion dollar businesses - risks be damned. Being in YC seems to definitely increase your odds vs going another way.