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Accelerator
Bookmarks
The Dirty Secret Behind the Incubator Boom
VentureBeat's 2012 exposé on the incubator bubble — by then hundreds of programs were copying Y Combinator's model but producing almost no successful companies. The economics of most incubators served the operators, not the startups.
Founders Beware: Accelerators Offer Upside, But Only If You're Ready
VentureBeat's warning to founders that accelerators like Y Combinator are net-positive only if the startup is already in the right position — not a place to figure out your idea or find your market. The hidden precondition most accelerator marketing omits.