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Trying to understand the mission behind this program. The site has no information. With YC, 500, and Techstars it's pretty clear they are very team/founder focu
by josh_carterPDX 10y ago
Trying to understand the mission behind this program. The site has no information. With YC, 500, and Techstars it's pretty clear they are very team/founder focused. It would be nice to understand why founders should look at Zero-F and how they can benefit from going through this program.
- hkmurakami 10y agoThis looks like an internal incubation organization (close to say Obvious Corp) rather than an accelerator. They make their own products/teams/companies then spin them out as appropriate, rather than having pre made teams and products apply to a program.
- josh_carterPDX 10y agoIt's eluding me, but isn't there an organization that does this?
- stilist 10y agoBetaworks? https://betaworks.com https://betaworks.com
- morgante 10y agoThere are lots of incubators which do this, Betaworks being one of the better known.
- tankenmate 10y agoMcKinsey? Up or out. Not strictly an incubator but similar net effect. [EDIT] Elucidation
- chufucious 10y agohttps://expa.com/ https://expa.com/
- bobsil1 10y agoI could be wrong on exact details, but: Playground Idealab
- josh_carterPDX 10y agoIdealab! That's the one I was thinking of. Thanks. :)
- fudged71 10y agoInvoke Labs
- vit05 10y agoI see this as a Boutique Incubator. Something smaller, with more closeness between mentors/investors and the team.
- justin 10y agoThis isn't a YC competitor. YC is the best accelerator out there and there isn't need for another in my opinion. A year ago I looked at my life and realized I really enjoy and get fulfillment out of three things: 1) learning about new industries and thinking about how technology can improve them 2) developing products and consequently seeing numbers go up (users, revenue, anything really) 3) mentoring people I really enjoy the company of over extended periods of time (years) Zero-F is my attempt to build a thing where I maximize my ability to do those things. It isn't a program or application based. It's me opportunistically building 1 to 2 startups a year with friends or people in my extended network or even new people. I provide business building insight, product knowledge, capital, recruit talent, and they bring grit.
- josh_carterPDX 10y agoThanks for the explanation Justin. We met years ago when you just started doing Justin.tv. Excited to see where your next adventure takes you. If I can be of any help please let me know. Happy to provide my unique perspective. :)
- brilliantcode 10y agothat's fucking awesome.