I have no idea who you are or what company you worked for, but a lot of things are blamed on "investors" that are actually management's own detested ideas. It's

I have no idea who you are or what company you worked for, but a lot of things are blamed on "investors" that are actually management's own detested ideas. It's a somewhat dishonest negotiation tactic: It's Not Up To Me. It's unfair that YC is being singled out here. These are genuine VC-istan issues, not limited to YC startups. All of the YC founders I know are great, but sample size is small.