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Solid point, and agree. With open angel forum in 12 cities now we might be able to help fund maybe two or three dozen of these accelerators--but not much more.
by jasonmcalacanis 16y ago
Solid point, and agree.
With open angel forum in 12 cities now we might be able to help fund maybe two or three dozen of these accelerators--but not much more.
The good news is that if even only 1 of 50 companies out of a University accelerator is successful--and the other 49 serve as an education--it's still well worth doing.
the goal of these is to inspire and educate--not have the same batting average as YC or TS.
- jasonlbaptiste 16y agoAnother useful resource would be something along the lines of "funded founders" dinners with companies you've invested in or really like in order to help them deal with growing the company. YC helps going from zero to funded, but what about after? The zero to funded is a 3 month process thing, but the growing after funded is an indefinite time period. Progression I see being useful: YC/TechStars OAF What I described above.
- wavesplash 16y agoI hear FoundersTable will be kicking off again in 2011. That covers the gap you were discussing: http://stirr.net/founders-table/ http://stirr.net/founders-table/