Re:Ex-YC partner Daniel Gross rethinks the accelerator
by isaacaderogba on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @07:45PM
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I'm not sure the perks are what encouraged me to apply in the first place. They always sort of felt like a nice add-on. Rather, it was for validation that what I was building seemed valuable. Perhaps this ties in to your status signalling point.
Also, it was refreshing to be able to compete on weekly progress as opposed to writing some lengthy business application.
Re:Ex-YC partner Daniel Gross rethinks the accelerator
by danial on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @10:58PM
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Validation of product is useful. Makes sense, thanks.
Re:Ex-YC partner Daniel Gross rethinks the accelerator
by hengelpao on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @10:10PM
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For us, the community and the weekly updates. We got feedbacks from all over the world and it is awesome.
Re:Ex-YC partner Daniel Gross rethinks the accelerator
by yeldarb on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @07:46PM
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For us it’s actually the weekly updates, voting system, and leaderboard itself. It gamifies productivity.
The peer group is awesome too.
I’ll add the caveat that we “won” relatively recently so haven’t participated in many of the formalized programs yet (eg summit in SF, livestream).
Question to those of you who are in the program: what Pioneer perk is most valuable to you? Is it access to the Pioneer social network? Or the status signal for being part of a startup accelerator? Surely it's not the help with incorporation or the round-trip ticket to SFO.