Youre confusing concepts. You can skip an incubator like YC while still intending to not bootstrap. There is also no such thing as a 'YC-style' startup, YC was set up to target startups, so can't have invented them.
YC used to only give a tiny amount of equity that any vaguely successful person could match ($16k?). It filled the gap between starting and series A.
Bootstrapping means avoiding getting a series A.
Basically, YC didn't invent startups, it invented a new, more accessible route to starting one.
YC used to only give a tiny amount of equity that any vaguely successful person could match ($16k?). It filled the gap between starting and series A.
Bootstrapping means avoiding getting a series A.
Basically, YC didn't invent startups, it invented a new, more accessible route to starting one.