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Incubator Incubator - Making All Your Incubation Dreams Come True

164 points by daniel_levine 16y ago

jkaljundi 16y ago
They should make the submitted applications available as a shared Google Spreadsheet.
moonpolysoft 16y ago
Amazing. Cue the stampede of aspie HN literalists.
- egabrielova 16y ago
  "We help accelerate company accelerators, so they can help accelerate their companies faster."
  - daniel_levine 16y ago
    <bad pun> So basically they're creating jerks </bad pun>
    - iuguy 16y ago
      I prefer to think of it as an iterative accelerator feedback loop. So that would be circle jerks then.
rickyyean 16y ago
This event "Incubate 2.0" here is real, and sold out. Some of my friends are speaking =P http://startupcause.eventbrite.com/ http://startupcause.eventbrite.com/
rohan037 16y ago
nice idea idea!
vnchr 16y ago
Yo dawg
- bravura 16y ago
  This comment is a reference to this site: http://yoyodawgdawg.com/about http://yoyodawgdawg.com/about Essentially, a send-up of the "Pimp My Ride" show, where Xzibiti is always like: "I heard you like something gratuitously big, so we minified it and stuck it in your vehicle"
SwaroopH 16y ago
Regardless, do watch the baby dancing.
edw519 16y ago
Ask I2: I don't have a co-incubator. Can I still apply? Ask I2: We've already launched our incubator. Should we still apply? Ask I2: We're in a hurry. Can you accelerate our accelerator application? Ask I2: We want to launch an incubator for start-ups that produce gas pedals for cars, an accelerator accelerator for accelerators. Can you help us? Ask I2: Our motto is, "Build something people will apply for?" Will that work? Ask I2: We want to promote virtual start-ups. Do you think we can encourage all of our founders to use airbnb for different office space every day? Should we require that they all get netbooks? Ask I2: My co-incubator is a cat. If we make it that far, can you assure us that Toby Huang won't chase him during the interview. Ask I2: We want all of our founders to become egg yolk profitable by demo day demo day. What type of incubator would be best for them? Ask I2: I love incubator news, but I worry that it's becoming too much like reddit reddit.
- gojomo 16y ago
  Ask I2: I want to start In³ (AKA 'Incubed'), the first Incubator Incubator Incubator. Can a simple Incubator Incubator like I2 help me? Or should I be helping you? I'm confused. Ask I2: I'm starting In^∞ (AKA "Inaninifity", AKA "Ouroborcubator"). We will incubate everything for infinite leverage and returns. I believe we will soon have created your universe, so you may already be part of our incubator offspring. I suppose this isn't really a question. Or is it?
jdp23 16y ago
Great list of people ... very impressive that Larry, Reid, and Mark aren't affiliated with them.
johnrob 16y ago
For a moment I thought this was a tool to help you apply to all the different incubators... the name (incubatorincubator) would be a good one if you actually wanted to create such a service.
invalidOrTaken 16y ago
I suspected a joke. Then I read the comments here and was mostly sure. Then I got rickrolled. Now I am sure.
- jaybol 16y ago
  I'm pretty happy with getting Crystal-Lighted http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeMJOPlK-0E&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeMJOPlK-0E&feature=playe...
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some1else 16y ago
Isn't this a joke? I remember Jonathan Abrams (Friendster) referring to it in a TC interview.
- some1else 16y ago
  Whoever is smart enough to downvote should have managed putting the mentioned facts into Google: http://techcrunch.com/2009/05/07/historical-perspective-at-least-this-time-around-we-didnt-have-incubators-for-incubators/ http://techcrunch.com/2009/05/07/historical-perspective-at-l...
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jcsalterego 16y ago
Someone get this site running on PyPy.
revorad 16y ago
Got to love those stock photos.
- jaybol 16y ago
  I took a screenshot of contract guy!
raheemm 16y ago
Othman Laraki. Advisor Othman Laraki is a well known microangel (investments of $100 or less) and advisor to a number of incubators (e.g. BecauseCombinator) and marquee startups such as AirTensil (the AirBnB for people who own utensils), KitchenMine (a startup which builds custom kitchens within Minecraft), and the Like a Boss SNL video.
starpilot 16y ago
I proposed a human incubator. All it needs is one fertilized embryo.
sbt 16y ago
That's it, I'm buying gold. First the Cisco forecast, now this.
vnchr 16y ago
ProFounder = MicroAngel
abyssknight 16y ago
I'm sort of annoyed this doesn't actually exist. I need an incubator in Orlando, FL. Anyone?

164 points by daniel_levine 16y ago

jkaljundi 16y ago

They should make the submitted applications available as a shared Google Spreadsheet.

moonpolysoft 16y ago

Amazing. Cue the stampede of aspie HN literalists.

egabrielova 16y ago
"We help accelerate company accelerators, so they can help accelerate their companies faster."
- daniel_levine 16y ago
  <bad pun> So basically they're creating jerks </bad pun>
  - iuguy 16y ago
    I prefer to think of it as an iterative accelerator feedback loop. So that would be circle jerks then.

rickyyean 16y ago

This event "Incubate 2.0" here is real, and sold out. Some of my friends are speaking =P http://startupcause.eventbrite.com/ http://startupcause.eventbrite.com/

rohan037 16y ago

nice idea idea!

vnchr 16y ago

Yo dawg

bravura 16y ago
This comment is a reference to this site: http://yoyodawgdawg.com/about http://yoyodawgdawg.com/about Essentially, a send-up of the "Pimp My Ride" show, where Xzibiti is always like: "I heard you like something gratuitously big, so we minified it and stuck it in your vehicle"

SwaroopH 16y ago

Regardless, do watch the baby dancing.

edw519 16y ago

Ask I2: I don't have a co-incubator. Can I still apply? Ask I2: We've already launched our incubator. Should we still apply? Ask I2: We're in a hurry. Can you accelerate our accelerator application? Ask I2: We want to launch an incubator for start-ups that produce gas pedals for cars, an accelerator accelerator for accelerators. Can you help us? Ask I2: Our motto is, "Build something people will apply for?" Will that work? Ask I2: We want to promote virtual start-ups. Do you think we can encourage all of our founders to use airbnb for different office space every day? Should we require that they all get netbooks? Ask I2: My co-incubator is a cat. If we make it that far, can you assure us that Toby Huang won't chase him during the interview. Ask I2: We want all of our founders to become egg yolk profitable by demo day demo day. What type of incubator would be best for them? Ask I2: I love incubator news, but I worry that it's becoming too much like reddit reddit.

gojomo 16y ago
Ask I2: I want to start In³ (AKA 'Incubed'), the first Incubator Incubator Incubator. Can a simple Incubator Incubator like I2 help me? Or should I be helping you? I'm confused. Ask I2: I'm starting In^∞ (AKA "Inaninifity", AKA "Ouroborcubator"). We will incubate everything for infinite leverage and returns. I believe we will soon have created your universe, so you may already be part of our incubator offspring. I suppose this isn't really a question. Or is it?

jdp23 16y ago

Great list of people ... very impressive that Larry, Reid, and Mark aren't affiliated with them.

johnrob 16y ago

For a moment I thought this was a tool to help you apply to all the different incubators... the name (incubatorincubator) would be a good one if you actually wanted to create such a service.

invalidOrTaken 16y ago

I suspected a joke. Then I read the comments here and was mostly sure. Then I got rickrolled. Now I am sure.

jaybol 16y ago
I'm pretty happy with getting Crystal-Lighted http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeMJOPlK-0E&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeMJOPlK-0E&feature=playe...

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some1else 16y ago

Isn't this a joke? I remember Jonathan Abrams (Friendster) referring to it in a TC interview.

some1else 16y ago
Whoever is smart enough to downvote should have managed putting the mentioned facts into Google: http://techcrunch.com/2009/05/07/historical-perspective-at-least-this-time-around-we-didnt-have-incubators-for-incubators/ http://techcrunch.com/2009/05/07/historical-perspective-at-l...

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jcsalterego 16y ago

Someone get this site running on PyPy.

revorad 16y ago

Got to love those stock photos.

jaybol 16y ago
I took a screenshot of contract guy!

raheemm 16y ago

Othman Laraki. Advisor Othman Laraki is a well known microangel (investments of $100 or less) and advisor to a number of incubators (e.g. BecauseCombinator) and marquee startups such as AirTensil (the AirBnB for people who own utensils), KitchenMine (a startup which builds custom kitchens within Minecraft), and the Like a Boss SNL video.

starpilot 16y ago

I proposed a human incubator. All it needs is one fertilized embryo.

sbt 16y ago

That's it, I'm buying gold. First the Cisco forecast, now this.

vnchr 16y ago

ProFounder = MicroAngel

abyssknight 16y ago

I'm sort of annoyed this doesn't actually exist. I need an incubator in Orlando, FL. Anyone?