It sucks to get rejected, but things are hardly over.
I got rejected 3 years ago. Shortly after I realized I didn't need an incubator. Since then I've created a few dozen startups even sold a few of them.
I'm sure there are people in your network that got into YC. PG has office hours with YC alumni, if you really wanted to meet him you could tag along during one of those meetings.
Not knocking PG, but there are tonnes of people with similar experience. If you really want to find a mentor like PG you can definitely find one if you work hard enough.
Are you sure these are startups and not just side projects? Was there any expectation that these would actually grow into larger companies, or were they just part-time mostly self running websites? Not any new business or website is a startup; a startup is specifically one that seeks a scalable business model, that can expand into a much bigger business with more investment, rather than something that is going to be limited by the output of of or a small number of people.
So, I'd be curious about what you are considering a startup such that you have created a few dozen in 3 years.
I got rejected 3 years ago. Shortly after I realized I didn't need an incubator. Since then I've created a few dozen startups even sold a few of them.
I'm sure there are people in your network that got into YC. PG has office hours with YC alumni, if you really wanted to meet him you could tag along during one of those meetings.
Not knocking PG, but there are tonnes of people with similar experience. If you really want to find a mentor like PG you can definitely find one if you work hard enough.