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Pioneered by TechStars? Really?

• staunch 16y ago
  There's also this gem in their title "Funding and Mentorship from the #1 Startup Accelerator in the World" From the organization that blatantly copied Y Combinator, the #1 accelerator. Somebody has an inferiority complex.
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  • vnchr 16y ago
    And Founder Institute wins on quantity
• ig1 16y ago
  What they pioneered isn't the seed accelerator concept, but rather a repeatable model for it. It's the difference between the idea for a burger bar, and Macdonalds developing a franchise model for it. YC have always stated that there can be only one YC and that's the global YC. TechStars have the position that they can design a playbook that allows their "magic sauce" to be replicated. Although they should (as they have done in the past) acknowledge YC's inspiration of their model.