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You should apply for the upcoming YC batch with this project...that would be so meta.
by dougk16 14y ago
You should apply for the upcoming YC batch with this project...that would be so meta.
- Eduardo3rd 14y agoKickstarter's terms of use explicitly say you can't Kickstart a Kickstarter competitor on Kickstarter. I wonder if YC would accelerate another accelerator?
- alanctgardner2 14y agoIt sounds like some preposterous way to break the speed of light; we'll just accelerate the accelerator, and it's turtles all the way down. On the one hand, it reduces YC's risk even further, by giving them a miniscule stake in a wide range of companies. But I don't think they would be content with helping the meta-accelerator; they'd want to be hands-on with every node on the tree. That's a lot of time investment with little capital investment, which is not really their bag. The proposition generally seems less like an accelerator, and more like a small-scale VC fund. Less intensive, less structured, just a way to invest money in startups.
- jacquesm 14y agoThey'd have a front row seat when the companies in 'tier 2' eventually apply. After all YC is a lot more than just cash.
- bwilliams18 14y agoYeah. They could use this sort of thing as a bye or something. It can help them see who is already doing good and interesting work.
- dmoney 14y agoIt probably wouldn't be in their interest to accelerate a web startup accelerator. Maybe an accelerator for some other field. It would be interesting to watch this artificial organism reproduce.
- sajithw 14y agohttp://ycombinator.com/ideas.html 30. Startups for startups. The increasing number of startups is itself an opportunity for startups. We're one; TechCrunch is another. What other new things can you do?