You should not call it 'rejects', but 'YCommunity' or something like that. If I were in the area, I'd be interested, but I'm not a YC reject (I'm a didn't even apply:-) Heck, maybe some of the YC-accepted would be interested in meeting up and sharing information.
There is probably a better chance if we can become cyborgs fast enough.
Another possibility is that everyone, or better everything that has ever been, can be ressurected providing Heisenberg was not completely right. It seems reasonable that sometime along our civilization we will find a way to trace back and reconstruct every part of history.
Most importantly, when we do eventually meet an alien, always remember to count in radians.
Orson Card's "Redemption of Columbus" is based on this idea. They figure out how to calculate a change in history that will create a better future. This leaves the possibility open that technology can reach a state where the meta-timeline can be retraced and everyone resurrected.
It is true that investors will find it a tad more difficult to reject a group once they feel like they know you. By sitting down you would appear more human, whereas standing up gives a more commercial look.
From a sales course I recently attended, the lecturer told a sequence from one of her recent trips. They were in a small town in Turkey and she and some friends had just gotten off a bus. A sorry looking man came up to her and asked, "Do you have any medicine for my head?" She was caught off guard and responded, "What?" The man points to his head and says, "My head pains, do you have any medicine?" She then understood that he was talking about painkillers and eventually got some painkillers from one of her friends and handed them to the man. With a big smile on his face, the man says, "You are very kind! Come I show you my shop."
