Y Combinator Clone in Vienna, Austria launches

Re:Y Combinator Clone in Vienna, Austria launches by jey on Sunday April 22, 2007 @12:12PM (#15739)

"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."

Really, these guys aren't claiming to be YCombinator II. They're just validating the model and wanting to do something similar in Europe. They clearly state on their page "This site is inspired by, but not affiliated with YCombinator."

The YCombinators should be flattered, and everyone who participates in YC can give themselves a pat on the back for being funded by the original YC-style firm. [Hm, that has a nice ring: "YC funding" vs "VC funding". I wonder if that was intentional.]

Edit: Oh, now I see that they only added the disclaimer after a post in this thread called them out on it...

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Re:Y Combinator Clone in Vienna, Austria launches by create_account on Sunday April 22, 2007 @05:26PM (#15809)

You're right about the YC idea of small amounts for seed funding.

But copying the name, the index page slideshow, the application form: isn't that just out and out plaigarism?

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Re:Y Combinator Clone in Vienna, Austria launches by randallsquared on Sunday April 22, 2007 @06:41PM (#15823)

If they're not claiming it's their work, I'd say it isn't plaigarism. (And they don't appear to be, as of comment time).

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Re:Y Combinator Clone in Vienna, Austria launches by pg on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @01:47AM (#16226)

Though this graphic joke wasn't planned, we did notice early on that YC was VC with, ah, more masculine characteristics.

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