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My gut impression is that this is a good program for recent graduates near Atlanta, but I think that enrollment in this program is good in the same way that att
by motoko 18y ago
My gut impression is that this is a good program for recent graduates near Atlanta, but I think that enrollment in this program is good in the same way that attending a regional community college is good. It's real, but it's obviously a compromise.
Also, "hyper-excited" tone and over-selling of basic web functionality (e.g. strategic web content management == WCM?) makes me suspicious. Starting a start up ---especially with little experience almost no capital--- seems extremely stressful and demands an extreme focus on reality. This cheerleading marketing may work well for corporate sales, but I fear that it will be a toxic distraction to start ups interested in <$20,000 capital in Atlanta.
I predict a high throughput of web media and software consulting companies from this fund...
- sanjayparekh 18y agoThat may be but I'd ask you to look at the founders of the fund. It isn't like they've accomplished just a little. Well, maybe I've accomplished just a little. The other eight guys, pretty impressive.
- rms 18y agoI think you exaggerated your metaphor because of the negative association community college has to classist people. If Y Combinator is Stanford, Shotput is the University of Georgia.
- ajju 18y agoTo inject some UGA bashing into this discussion at the cost of sounding even more classist, at the very least Shotput is Georgia Tech. UGA is considered pejorative around here ;)