[nwenzel]

I was 35 and had two kids when I went through YC in 2013. My cofounder was roughly the same age and also had two kids. We weren’t the oldest and we didn’t have the most kids. The idea that YC is just for 20-somethings and consumer/tech apps is a myth that may have been true early on, but is no longer based in reality.

It does help to have a low personal burn rate. If you have high expenses, it’s difficult to quit a decently well paying job to start a startup. But that doesn’t have anything to do with YC. If anything, it’s marginally easier with YC backing because at least you can slow down the personal burn.