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Good overview of the motivations behind the DreamIt program as it ran this past summer, but it does cover any of the apparent upcoming changes to the DreamIt mo
by shedd 18y ago
Good overview of the motivations behind the DreamIt program as it ran this past summer, but it does cover any of the apparent upcoming changes to the DreamIt model which were mentioned (http://www.psustartups.com/content/2008/09/25/ignitephilly-and-dreamit-news/ http://www.psustartups.com/content/2008/09/25/ignitephilly-a...) in Steve Welch's (another of the DreamIt founders) ignitePhilly talk, including the so called "Hacker Track".
- umjames 18y agothe next DreamIt program will be (or include?) “Hacker Track”, which will address the problem DreamIt noted that was there were a lot of great ideas, without the technical developers to implement them. Steve mentions that this Hacker Track will allow hackers to apply and they’ll be teamed up (I’m assuming) with teams with business skills, but in need of technical assistance. As someone from the Philly suburbs, I would say this sums up the problem. How is this that different from a consulting gig from the point of view of the hacker? I can already see the nightmares of business-bred founders bombarding the hacker(s) with requirements that reflect their understanding of computers as some sort of magic box. I wonder how often this sort of situation occurs at YC. That being said, if anyone can bring decent tech entrepreneurship to Philly, I support the idea. God knows Philly needs it in the worst way.