Right. I'm asking this because of my experience running Tarsnap -- not that I think I would need any help in getting into YC if I decided that I wanted to drin

Right. I'm asking this because of my experience running Tarsnap -- not that I think I would need any help in getting into YC if I decided that I wanted to drink the kool-aid and move to the bay area, but because I figure there must be plenty of other small companies building products which are used within the YC "family". It would be a shame if YC missed out on good investments simply because their founders were too busy successfully running their own companies to have an opportunity to work at a YC-funded company.