You mention getting intros from your network. A first-timer is probably less likely to have people in their network who could introduce them to a VC, although t

You mention getting intros from your network. A first-timer is probably less likely to have people in their network who could introduce them to a VC, although they may have a large network. Accelerators like Y Combinator seem to solve this problem, but what about those outside of the accelerators?