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While I've defended folks emulating YC in the last few threads, I do have to say that this is rather disingenuous -- not because I don't think that business-wis
by wheels 19y ago
While I've defended folks emulating YC in the last few threads, I do have to say that this is rather disingenuous -- not because I don't think that business-wise that it's fair game, but because since variations on the YC theme are so new there's a huge amount of space for differentiation.
For instance, the Seattle guys seem to be doing something pretty different and I think that's wonderful. They want people in Seattle and they want them to stay there. It seems that they're more interested in building a community than giving startups a jump-start.
YC, really is pretty narrow in scope. You could change the amount of money, the time, the industry focus (YC seems pretty media-ish-web focused), the country ... and I think you could still snap up a good chunk of smart startups with the core of the YC philosophy.
I recently read Blue Ocean Strategy -- the crux of the book is to find a way to redefine your market and dominate your segment, rather than ending up in a race to the bottom. In other words, don't play to win: change the rules.
- jamiequint 19y agoI think something like YC for films would be really cool, obviously it would have to be more than 20k but I bet some great work would come out of it. The hardest part would be finding a forward-looking person in that industry to start it.
- brezina 19y agototally jamie, i've been thinking about how to push business innovation into film. let's do it after xobni and snaptalent.
- mhartl 19y agoSign me up, too. :-) I was in LA long enough to get to know a few people in "the Industry". (Hard at work on Insoshi for now, though.)
- mixmax 19y agoGreat idea. These guys would go for it: http://www.zentropa.dk/ http://www.zentropa.dk/ They are headed by the crazy genius Lars Von Trier and an even more crazy guy called Peter Aalbæk. They do a lot of diversification, and have a lot of 50/50 ownerships. I'm sure that they would hear you out. They have a strong track record as well - they've won the golden palms in Cannes among other things.
- wheels 19y agoThis is a funny property of the US film scene though. Low budget in the US is a whole lot higher than for instance here in Germany. There are a lot of films produced here that make it into festivals that are produced on grants of under €20k. If it were done in connection with a rethinking of the way that films are distributed and was done all digital rather than using real film stock, I think you could produce some interesting results for relatively cheap.