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Just this week somebody told me about how a competing accelerator made them accept or turn down their offer before doing their YC interview. Ugh.
by a13n 10y ago
Just this week somebody told me about how a competing accelerator made them accept or turn down their offer before doing their YC interview. Ugh.
- dibstern 10y agoThat would make me turn down their offer, I don't appreciate anti-competitive business practices. Leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
- phaus 10y agoI agree. I guess the other accelerator likes to imagine that they are the cast of The Shark Tank.
- tedmiston 10y agoUnfortunately, you can look back in history and see "exploding offers" have been a pattern [1]. Sam even wrote a post "Exploding Offers Suck" a couple years ago [2]. [1]: https://techcrunch.com/2009/03/22/the-nasty-exploding-term-sheet/ https://techcrunch.com/2009/03/22/the-nasty-exploding-term-s... [2]: https://blog.ycombinator.com/exploding-offers-suck https://blog.ycombinator.com/exploding-offers-suck