YC is not the end-all be-all. Great organization doing great things, but you could have done whatever it was you were going to do without their validation. May

YC is not the end-all be-all. Great organization doing great things, but you could have done whatever it was you were going to do without their validation. Maybe you really weren't all that convinced of your own idea (doesn't sound like it). Maybe YC did you a favor.