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Isn't Summer Founders Program a glorified contest?
by apgwoz 19y ago
Isn't Summer Founders Program a glorified contest?
- Alex3917 19y agoNot at all. PG wrote an essay saying that not being funded by YC was not a judgment of you. Whereas the Amazon web thing is explicitly designed to be a personal judgment. (They even have judges.)
- apgwoz 19y agoRight. But still a contest nonetheless. See my reply above.
- pg 19y agoNo; there are not a fixed number of winners.
- run4yourlives 19y agoTo be frank though, it would be likely that if Amazon saw something in more than one startup, they would at least pursue them using other means. They're only committing to funding one, which is basically one more than YC does.
- Alex3917 19y agoImagine if you had to go to the weekly YC dinners and you knew that the guys to your left were ranked higher than you, and the guys on your right were ranked lower than you. How much would that suck. Good luck giving and receiving objective advice in a situation like that. If you're not trying to form a community it doesn't matter. But if you are, ranking and judging people is a serious barrier to collaboration, teamwork, and innovation.
- pg 19y agoI already answered that here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=53934 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=53934
- apgwoz 19y agoSince when does a contest have to have a fixed number of winners? Having a startup to begin with is a contest; a contest against oneself and the company's rivals. In essence, you are accepting people to contend, and those applying are contending for spots in the program. For all intents and purposes, SFP _is_ a contest; perhaps just not one where there's a defined "winner" and a runner up.