> As far as connections, I mean no offense to the author of this article but it's foolish to assume people will acquire connections as valuable as those Paul Gr

> As far as connections, I mean no offense to the author of this article but it's foolish to assume people will acquire connections as valuable as those Paul Graham has simply by showing up. You should go one step further because you don't even need to show up to get these connections with YC. YC is basically offering people the ability to email in their idea, and get funding, connections, and a network. I don't live in Silicon valley. I don't know any angels, personally. There are probably a very very very tiny few where I live, but not like the valley. I'd like to know about all these angels I can just effectively email with my idea to get money. That's what YC is offering. I reject the notion that there's all these angels out there offering a similar path and that they are easy to find.