I think YC is the wrong place for this, for all the reasons you say.  I don&#x27;t see any reason that Tarsnap fits in YC besides &quot;community&quot;, and even then it would be more of an outlier than a peer.  It seems like it would fit in a community of people that are interested in lower risk, slower growing, but more personally lucrative businesses.<p>YC companies do technically interesting things for sure, but a lot of the community is probably more about hiring, office space, fund raising, financials, and that sort of thing.  These are all different for high risk startups.<p>I heard about this &quot;Micropreneur&quot; thing several years ago.  This is something that interests me, and I&#x27;ve been working part time on projects in this vein.  It seems to me that people who want slower growth and less personal risk are inherently a little less &quot;collaborative&quot;.  That describes me and there&#x27;s nothing wrong with it.  Still, I understand the need to bounce ideas off of others, quickly fill in gaps in your knowledge, etc.