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The ideas from TechStars seem a lot more innovative than the YC ideas. YC companies all seem to be so 2007-2008, and the founders who make the news or ever get
by maxklein 17y ago
The ideas from TechStars seem a lot more innovative than the YC ideas. YC companies all seem to be so 2007-2008, and the founders who make the news or ever get my attention all seem to be the same : 20-35 year old guys from somewhere in the U.S or U.K who went to some name brand college and already have something web 2.0 under their belt. There seems to be no promiment female founder, for example, or some guy from japan or some 50 year old jewish guy who has always been a baker or something like that.
That TechStars list far surpases anything that has come out of YC in terms of creativity or "newness".
- unalone 17y agoI was astonished to see Vanilla on the list. Vanilla's kind of been a secret name among big forum people since it launched; it's got some astoundingly innovative features. I love it, but haven't been able to use it in a project before to give it support. Considering I've always had this mindset of TechStars churning out inferior YC products, it surprised me not that Mark would apply but that TechStars would accept something like that. Color me pleasantly surprised.