YC has connections, but in the end its up to you to make your startup successful. With your experience, you should be able to bootstrap yourself into a profitab

YC has connections, but in the end its up to you to make your startup successful. With your experience, you should be able to bootstrap yourself into a profitable software business. But this "Italian restaurant" style of a software company doesnt interest many VCs. Most VCs are looking for the next big thing.