Comments on: Can YCombinator Be Beaten At Its Own Game? http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/can-ycombinator-be-beaten-at-its-own-game/ Peter Christensen's Blog Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:25:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: YC Clone in Singapore? – WoonZai http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/can-ycombinator-be-beaten-at-its-own-game/comment-page-1/#comment-3253 YC Clone in Singapore? – WoonZai Sun, 11 Sep 2011 08:42:17 +0000 http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/can-ycombinator-be-beaten-at-its-own-game/#comment-3253 [...] Can YCombinator Be Beaten At Its Own Game? » What’s In Peter’s Head The other discussion was about selecting founders to fund. I summarize YCombinator’s selection criteria as: “Young, Smart, Cheap, Determined, Acquirable”. This fits in with Paul Graham’s philosophy and worldview, and by focusing on these kind of founders, they deliberately pass on many other ideas and founders. Are there any other investment niches in the space ignored by YCombinator? Of course, but it will take another creative individual to come up with that business model. Here are some ideas: [...] [...] Can YCombinator Be Beaten At Its Own Game? » What’s In Peter’s Head The other discussion was about selecting founders to fund. I summarize YCombinator’s selection criteria as: “Young, Smart, Cheap, Determined, Acquirable”. This fits in with Paul Graham’s philosophy and worldview, and by focusing on these kind of founders, they deliberately pass on many other ideas and founders. Are there any other investment niches in the space ignored by YCombinator? Of course, but it will take another creative individual to come up with that business model. Here are some ideas: [...]

]]> By: Peter http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/can-ycombinator-be-beaten-at-its-own-game/comment-page-1/#comment-377 Peter Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:09:09 +0000 http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/can-ycombinator-be-beaten-at-its-own-game/#comment-377 George, Do you care to share which fund had 8/10 funded? Is it the same as the one you applied to? That was exactly the point I was trying to make, that there are tons of ways for a similar fund to succeed. In this case, it appears to be through greater pre-selection communication, which might help them find equally qualified candidates without having the huge branding and marketing advantage that YCombinator has. Good luck on the selection! Answer: <a href="http://www.techstars.org/" rel="nofollow">Techstars.org</a> in Boulder, CO George,
Do you care to share which fund had 8/10 funded? Is it the same as the one you applied to? That was exactly the point I was trying to make, that there are tons of ways for a similar fund to succeed. In this case, it appears to be through greater pre-selection communication, which might help them find equally qualified candidates without having the huge branding and marketing advantage that YCombinator has. Good luck on the selection!

Answer: Techstars.org in Boulder, CO

]]> By: George Scott http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/can-ycombinator-be-beaten-at-its-own-game/comment-page-1/#comment-376 George Scott Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:02:50 +0000 http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/can-ycombinator-be-beaten-at-its-own-game/#comment-376 I believe a copycat can provide all the services in 1-5 above. At least one that is following the YC model has made some progress that looks like they are serious out of 10 companies they founded 9 of 10 made it though the 3 month process and 8 were funded. YC cannot possibly take every good company out of 500+ applications even though they may wish to and really extend themselves to take as many as they can. Instead of applying to YC (since I have already been rejected with my best ideas) I am trying a copycat this time around. We will see if I get selected but the difference this time is that I received follow up emails, they have tried my web application, and watched the help videos I have made. So that is a big difference, I never received any follow up emails from YC except for the final form letter email. I believe a copycat can provide all the services in 1-5 above. At least one that is following the YC model has made some progress that looks like they are serious out of 10 companies they founded 9 of 10 made it though the 3 month process and 8 were funded.

YC cannot possibly take every good company out of 500+ applications even though they may wish to and really extend themselves to take as many as they can.

Instead of applying to YC (since I have already been rejected with my best ideas) I am trying a copycat this time around. We will see if I get selected but the difference this time is that I received follow up emails, they have tried my web application, and watched the help videos I have made. So that is a big difference, I never received any follow up emails from YC except for the final form letter email.

]]> By: YC Clone in Singapore? | WoonZai http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/can-ycombinator-be-beaten-at-its-own-game/comment-page-1/#comment-375 YC Clone in Singapore? | WoonZai Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:31:58 +0000 http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/can-ycombinator-be-beaten-at-its-own-game/#comment-375 [...] Can YCombinator Be Beaten At Its Own Game? » What’s In Peter’s Head The other discussion was about selecting founders to fund. I summarize YCombinator’s selection criteria as: “Young, Smart, Cheap, Determined, Acquirable”. This fits in with Paul Graham’s philosophy and worldview, and by focusing on these kind of founders, they deliberately pass on many other ideas and founders. Are there any other investment niches in the space ignored by YCombinator? Of course, but it will take another creative individual to come up with that business model. Here are some ideas: [...] [...] Can YCombinator Be Beaten At Its Own Game? » What’s In Peter’s Head The other discussion was about selecting founders to fund. I summarize YCombinator’s selection criteria as: “Young, Smart, Cheap, Determined, Acquirable”. This fits in with Paul Graham’s philosophy and worldview, and by focusing on these kind of founders, they deliberately pass on many other ideas and founders. Are there any other investment niches in the space ignored by YCombinator? Of course, but it will take another creative individual to come up with that business model. Here are some ideas: [...]

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