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Agreed. I interpreted the title and article to mean that accelerators cannot be rung zero of ONLY the venture capital ladder, which seems to be a perception tre
by myriad 14y ago
Agreed. I interpreted the title and article to mean that accelerators cannot be rung zero of ONLY the venture capital ladder, which seems to be a perception trend. The article doesn't imply that what accelerators do isn't valuable for venture capitalists. It definitely is. Just that accelerators are for accelerating startups, many of whom will take funding paths other than VC.
- jeremy1217 14y agoGreat point. I think all accelerators start out that way but now raising money from venture capitalists is the marker of success and I think is missing the whole point of accelerating. It also turns start ups off that could benefit from accelerators that don't wont to raise money from VC.