Non-YC founder here as well. Please don't read results like this and think there is no way you will have success as a founder if you do not get into an incubator by this age.
Not sure if that was meant for me, or just for everyone else reading this thread, but I definitely don't think that way. When I say "it's now or never," I mean "it's now or never to launch this startup, and make it work by hook or by crook." YC isn't even on our radar now, for various reasons, but we're confident we'll succeed with or without any given incubator, or anybody else, aside from the only people who matter - customers.
Not sure if that was meant for me, or just for everyone else reading this thread, but I definitely don't think that way. When I say "it's now or never," I mean "it's now or never to launch this startup, and make it work by hook or by crook." YC isn't even on our radar now, for various reasons, but we're confident we'll succeed with or without any given incubator, or anybody else, aside from the only people who matter - customers.