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Did you expect YC status was going to get you a direct channel to one of the busiest people affiliated with YC?

I replied to a comment which stated exactly that, and my point that it's false.

Yeah, I'm just asking if that was your actual expectation going into the program.

Not really, that's why I don't put an evaluation criteria of "how close you going to get with the star founders". It's silly to expect that.

I only expected and discusses the community engagement within the batch, and the power of YC connection between the batches. Both are quite low.

The connection to Brian Chesky or Paul Graham is expected to be ~0 from the start.

>Folks like Michael Seibel, Garry Tan, and other partners all respond to emails + engage as much (or as little) as you ask them to.