I know a (small) number of YC companies and they all have a "young, charismatic ivy league graduate" on board. I imagine there's some sort of subconscious bias at play here that equates those properties with "quality of the founders".
Be that as it may, if you're one of those people you can use it to your advantage and get away with less traction.
Be that as it may, if you're one of those people you can use it to your advantage and get away with less traction.