Even if you had a bad YC experience, it wouldn't be to your advantage to go public with it. You'd burn bridges for little gain. The only people who seem to ba

Even if you had a bad YC experience, it wouldn't be to your advantage to go public with it. You'd burn bridges for little gain. The only people who seem to bad-mouth investors are ones who've already made more money than they know what to do with (Sabeer Bhatia style: http://www.foundersatwork.com/1/post/2009/02/a-note-about-sabeer-bhatias-interview.html http://www.foundersatwork.com/1/post/2009/02/a-note-about-sa...). YC hasn't had any giant, mega-hits yet that would warrant a founder poisoning their relationship with the investment community.