But is your advice worth (50-12) 38 thousands of dollars? Of course, it's not only advice, so I assume experience+popularity+connections. Is it worth that much

But is your advice worth (50-12) 38 thousands of dollars? Of course, it's not only advice, so I assume experience+popularity+connections. Is it worth that much money? Maybe, I don't know. If startup is so freaking awesome it was accepted by a rich Angel and the YC, it can "buy" all that stuff for $38,000 from you. The question of whether non-monetary YC experience is worth that much money is a hard one and it would probably involve calculating probability rate of success at YC vs Angel, non-monetary factors (well-being), externalities (with all the benevolence), and other things. On the other hand, there is $38,000 just laying around, waiting for you to grab and multiply your runway by ~5 (50,000/12,000).