> I would argue that, after 1.5 years of running my own business, I am more of an expert than any fresh-out-of-Harvard-MBA
I congratulate you on your experiences, I truly do, but last time I checked, HBS wasn't accepting recent grads, part-time students or the occasional dropouts looking for a career change, nor those with little experience. Never mind people looking for the name cache. It wouldn't hold true for 100% of the cases, of course, because Harvard is a business after all, not a bastion of ethics. Some rich kids are going to slip in, but the vast majority are qualified to attend ~ same holds true for any incubator program.
HBS grads have on average four to six years of solid work experience, national service or administrative experience prior to being considered for admission, not to mention recommendations from employers, civic leaders and the like, a history of competitive grades, extended education, community service, upstanding morality and all that. You can check it out here: http://www.hbs.edu/mba/faq/
Not exactly a bunch of lightweights.
I'm not sure where the MBA are coming from on your end, but I can say without a doubt that a grunt with 1.5 years experience doesn't scale up to someone being admitted into the top B-Schools in the U.S. And once graduated with that fresh diploma, well, they'd give you the headlight stare if you tried to compare your TS/YC experience against theirs. They're on a whole 'nother level than someone jerking SEO. Personally, I don't like the twats and usually won't work with them, but I don't like MIT engineering peeps either, my personal preference, but I would be remiss if I didn't point out that as a whole, on average they're hard-working, intelligent strivers and given the choice, I'd go work with a recent Harvard MBA over a TS/YC grad with X years experience, and not just because I know the doors to opportunity will open faster, but also because more often than not, these people have been there before and know how to act.
In two years you should apply to Harvard, Stern, Wharton, Tuck, Stanford or Sloan. Let me know what the admissions committees think of you or if your outlook has changed.