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by jedc 17y ago
The whole point is that there are a number of solid VCs with small stakes involved. If it was operated by large investments by a small number of VC's, the model could provide problematic signals. Specifically, if those VC's get early and i
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Zemanta has done okay, getting funded by USV, at least.
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Saul says mentors are allowed in: http://blog.seedcamp.com/2009/09/awaiting-moderation.html Is it possible that Reshma said what she did as a quick shorthand for letting people in? If she knew all the mentors from 2009 (which I understan
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I don't have a stake in this argument... just thought it would be relevant to re-post Saul's reply.
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Saul Klein's response is here: http://blog.seedcamp.com/2009/09/awaiting-moderation.html
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by jedc 17y ago
According to Saul Klein, mentors are allowed in. From: http://blog.seedcamp.com/2009/09/awaiting-moderation.html "One quick factual point – of course mentors are able to attend the judging sessions, several did this year and have done ev
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Thanks. :) The only thing I found when I looked into incubators is that the business model and thus the incentives for both the startup and the incubator side appear to be much different than in a seed accelerator. That, and the word "in
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The problem with this is that you don't know before you accept them what the top n startups will be. Thus, it's a significant decision when choosing how many startups to accept. More startups means a better chance at a big payoff, but wit
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Yeah... sorry about that. I misunderstood what you were saying. In that case, the only issue I have is the first transformation. Instead of "connection to capital" -> "connection to finance/consulting interviews", I would instead say
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YC probably has a comparable success rate in terms of follow-on funding, but it's incredibly difficult to find the information for small angel rounds. (TechStars and Seedcamp helped me make sure my data was accurate, which helped their sta
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The only difference is that it takes much longer to iterate a program like YC... on the order of months instead of weeks. It means that more thinking is necessary before you start.
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Perhaps not... I'm probably a little sensitive to MBA stereotypes.
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A big reason why YC is cloned is to create an ecosystem in a different city. (ie, the YC for Kentucky, the YC for Seattle, etc.) They have tended to want to be the YC for that particular city/region. They then tend to compare themselves t
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by jedc 17y ago
So I'm the OP and author of the paper. I figured I might get criticized for it because it was for my MBA, and there are a ton of stereotypes around MBA's. (Many for good reason, unfortunately.) But I have my degree in aerospace engineerin
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> Do your own thing, and do it better. So that way you don't need to think about copying. This is the exact point I'm trying to make in the paper. Accelerator founders need to look hard at themselves, be innovative, and create their ow
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Of course, that depends on how you measure fitness. Highly anaerobic activities will not prepare you well for a marathon, for instance. But they will make you more fit in weight-lifting and anaerobic sports. Look at the training regimes f
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Oh, my god. A gopher reference! I spent many, many days in school trying to find cool sites with gopher and via anonymous FTP, generally without success. That's what happens when you get your coding assignments done too quickly... That s
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by jedc 17y ago
I'm glad he's okay. I had a good friend in college get trampled to death by an elephant, I believe in Tanzania. It was just part-way through her first year volunteering for the PeaceCorps. Really sad.
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I'm personally not obsessed with keeping things out of landfills, but it definitely appeals to my sense of efficiency. Sure, you can throw out everything you personally don't need, but isn't it more efficient to recycle? Why waste anything
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Definitely. It's quite similar to what John Boyd and his acolytes have talked about regarding military strategy for years. I recommend "Certain to Win" by Chet Richards for a digestible summary.
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No, I'm not a fan either.
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Google's R Style Guide(google-styleguide.googlecode.com)
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From what I remember at the time, eBay had a ton of cash and was being pushed to make acquisitions. The whole idea of using it as part of their auctions was ludicrous. Their either don't understand their customer base or were purely talki
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I was recently looking back at the Startup School 08 videos, and the difference between the startup founders (even Bezos) and Greg McAdoo (of Sequoia) was striking. I've since heard that Greg is one of the most "hacker-like" of VC's out the
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They don't charge because a good number of people won't pay that $20/year. And if those friends/colleagues/family don't pay and aren't on the site, it becomes less valuable for you . And then suddenly you won't pay the $20. :)
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2% doesn't seem too bad on the face of it... until you realize over the course of a ten-year fund that 20% (2% * 10 years) of the capital invested by LPs goes to management, and just 80% to startups.
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It's more like procrastination... why pay today what could be put off to tomorrow? Regarding your second point, the situation isn't hopeless. The graph with the article shows that it is possible to reduce the national debt, both in real te
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I'd say Google is more interested in customer service where you pay them (AdWords) than where they pay you (AdSense) or where they give you stuff for free (Gmail, everything else).
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I need to edit my wording of that description. It was actually a mix of potential founders, as well as people that have gone through Y Combinator, TechStars, etc. Amongst the founders that have been through Y Combinator, the "connections t
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(2) - There are already local governments that have funded these types of programs, but I haven't seen anything from the federal level. They're generally doing it to kick-start an ecosystem. (1) - That's a complicated question, and will tr

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