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I've said it before, but I don't understand why firms trying something YC-like don't try to differentiate themselves more. The accelerator for mobile, the acce
by wheels 17y ago
I've said it before, but I don't understand why firms trying something YC-like don't try to differentiate themselves more. The accelerator for mobile, the accelerator for B2B / SaaS, etc. It would seem easier to differentiate yourself from YC along industry rather than geographic lines (assuming you're not crossing a national border).
- jedc 17y agoInteresting... particularly as it's probably easier to build sufficient expertise in a vertical outside the normal geographies. The question to me is how many of these kinds of startups need seed-level funding versus proper VC funding? I honestly don't know.
- oldgregg 17y agoGood point. Some of this probably already happens, it's just more informal... New York, ad/media. Washington, politics/government. Nashville, healthcare. Seattle, hipster music start-ups & social networks for cutters. :)
- nedwin 17y agoLet me know if you find an accelerator for SaaS
- pclark 17y agothe added advantage of a "vertical incubator" is that all the companies could compliment each other. an example of this on a far more grander scale is betaworks the pain point is the amount of possible overlap.
- HeyLaughingBoy 17y agoThis is exactly what I thought when reading the OP's post. A Y-Combinator clone that specialized in industrial hardware or medical devices. Man, my brain would be in warp speed. I work for a medical device manufacturer but for all my experience, would never think of doing a product in this field because of the huge financial and regulatory hurdles. If yc-type guidance were available, I'd be going over ever problem I know of in this field to figure out if I could do a startup to solve it!