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Techstars Community launched
- ajkirwin 18y agoI signed up, as I got one of those funky codes.
- rms 18y agoInteresting just how different it is from this site. An invite code, not sure if more people can use it: Invitation Code: friends3253
- gaika 18y agoWonder what their Myers-Briggs personality types would be :)
- mattmaroon 18y agoI'm surprised they didn't just use the Hacker News source and make the same site but with different colors.
- rokhayakebe 18y agoWhy would they do that?
- mattmaroon 18y agoWell, they just ripped off their application and business model. Why start doing something original now?
- mariorz 18y agoThey didn't rip off their application, I think that was a different company from Seattle not Boulder... and that wasn't really a bad thing to do either BTW. Seed investment for equity is hardly a new business model nor was it invented by YC.
- mattmaroon 18y agoNo, trust me, it was Techstars. http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/2007/03/anyone-else-notice-that-techstars-and-y.html http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/2007/03/anyone-else-notice-... And doing the seed equity in batches with a 3 month "camp" format and a demo day near the end is pretty original.
- rokhayakebe 18y ago"ripped off" is somewhat accusing them of stealing something from YC or taking away from them. "something original". YC started a trend,and you can bet there will only be plenty more incubators with a similar formula. They don't need to be original. They just have to follow the leader. YC can keep being great at recruiting talented hackers and hopefully become the "Ivy League" of incubators.
- mattmaroon 18y agoTheir original application was Y Combinator's with I think one extra question added. At was as blatantly ripped off as anything could be.
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