Are there absolutely no innovators out there among investors?
It seems that there are lots of incubators just riping off without really understanding why yc actually works. They don't even bother to try and reflect on their own situation and shape a program reflecting their individual strengths and weaknesses.
YC is heavily tech and somewhat hackers only. Presumably because at least three of the founders are nerds themselves. This gives an obvious bias that YC has leveraged brilliantly to attract great hackers.
Why the hell doesn't someone do the same in another industry? For instance, if someone with credilility in greentech started Greencombinator that did the same thing just geared towards Greentech and ecological startups they would be the hub and powerhouse of greentech within two years. Same probably goes for a lot of other industries.
Or why doesn't someone do Universitycombinator that would specialise in spinning university research into viable companies.
I mean seriously, there are so many possibilities, yet all we see are stupid clones.
I assume it's because software is the only industry where a 1-3 person startup can create a viable product in a short timeframe that can be sold for large multiples.
It seems that there are lots of incubators just riping off without really understanding why yc actually works. They don't even bother to try and reflect on their own situation and shape a program reflecting their individual strengths and weaknesses.
YC is heavily tech and somewhat hackers only. Presumably because at least three of the founders are nerds themselves. This gives an obvious bias that YC has leveraged brilliantly to attract great hackers.
Why the hell doesn't someone do the same in another industry? For instance, if someone with credilility in greentech started Greencombinator that did the same thing just geared towards Greentech and ecological startups they would be the hub and powerhouse of greentech within two years. Same probably goes for a lot of other industries.
Or why doesn't someone do Universitycombinator that would specialise in spinning university research into viable companies.
I mean seriously, there are so many possibilities, yet all we see are stupid clones.
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