&gt; Pumping money into worthless products with no return<p>This part shows your fundamental misunderstanding of what startups are all about.<p>9 failures for 1 success is expected.  That means 9 worthless products, for 1 hit.  But you don&#x27;t know they&#x27;re worthless until they&#x27;ve developed enough to be tested by the market.  And that sometimes takes money.  And that is what YC is about.<p>The truth is you&#x27;re applying to YC just to be in YC, part of the club.  You need to have a great idea and show you can execute and make a return for investors who believed in you and took your bet.  Do that and the door is wide open, just like it has been the last 8 times you applied.<p>There is no shame in getting up and trying again, so good luck to you in the next round.