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Kickstarter's terms of use explicitly say you can't Kickstart a Kickstarter competitor on Kickstarter. I wonder if YC would accelerate another accelerator?
by Eduardo3rd 14y ago
Kickstarter'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?