Accelerator is just another word for an educational institution aka school If YC, 500 Startups, Techstars, Thiel Fellowship, etc can teach first time founders how to start billion dollar+ companies in 3 months w/ network support, don't you think it can be done for any skill set?
@rubenharris Perhaps for some vocations but would u want a surgeon operating on you after 3 months? Fly in a fighter jet with a pilot with 3 months of training? Being a successful CEO of a 1B company is a lifetime of learning, failing, growing. 3 month program = go faster not mastery.
@rubenharris Yep A very different approach to education, focused on creating value in the world Accelerators are trojan horses for disrupting all of education
@rubenharris I could be mistaken here, but isn't a huge value prop of YC et al that "it doesn't end after the accelerator"? So the core program is three months (a "semester," if you will) but the overall learning, networking, skill building, etc is continuous -- and takes years to master?
@rubenharris I’m not so sure… the model is focused on founders who are already “investable” - not folks who need to grow to become investable And I don’t see them teaching. Guiding, yes. And opening up networks, definitely…
@rubenharris Asking for clarity: Do you need to be incorporated as a Delaware C at pre-seed? And before joining an accelerator, fellowship, or bootcamp ?
@rubenharris Well said! That’s how I think of @myreadyforwork and our efforts to unlock the potential of Africa’s young geniuses: readyforwork.africa.
@rubenharris I think it's a matter of execution. Accelerators are successful because they already have the infrastructure and framework for startups. For non-tech accelerators, it's much harder