If you’re not willing to start small, you don’t deserve to do something big. YC is a prime example. It didn’t start as a fund. In 2005, Paul Graham ran a tiny summer programme, basically by himself. 8 teams. $6k each. One weekly dinner. He even cooked the food. Most people never start because they want scale on day one. But big things usually come from loving the small version enough to begin and sticking with it until it grows. But people only see the big thing and say "I want to do that".