I personally love the concept of yc, and see the value but for a good portion of the entrepreneur community it can't work out because of the economics. I would love to see a accelerator give enough money for a realistic budget for a seasoned team. Including myself I have 4 people on my team and we are 3 seasoned developers and an executive with lots of experience as a CIO and CFO. We have real bills and can't live on peanuts, mortgages, kids, need for real health insurance, etc. We are more expensive, but we can outbuild probably most of the teams out there, and especially the ones that have little experience. I wonder if much of the reason we have so many failed startups is that we are don't bet enough on seasoned individuals unless they have enough cash to carry them through the early stages. I would love to see what would happen if pg did a session of YC looking for seasoned teams what would happen. I'd be willing to bet you'd have a good chance for some amazing results, even if it would be more expensive.