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Re:L.A. Dodgers Accelerator by ripberge on Tuesday June 16, 2015 @01:01AM (#9723917)
Seems like a pretty hefty chunk to give up for $20K and the chance to be a guinea pig in an unproven startup incubator run by...a baseball team.

I have no idea about the quality of RG/A's work, but we did share an office with them and it was always an entertaining recent college grad, hipster fashion show.

I do think the idea of sports focus is cool though.

Re:L.A. Dodgers Accelerator by jsprogrammer on Tuesday June 16, 2015 @01:21AM (#9723958)
Their marketing is also a bit misleading. The landing page claims to award/grant $120K to each team.

However, until you get near the last question of the separate 'FAQ' page, there is no mention of equity exchanges or convertible debt financing, nor that $100K of the prize is optional and if chosen, require the team to take ongoing financial obligations to the sponsor(s).

Re:L.A. Dodgers Accelerator by drewpmoffitt on Friday June 19, 2015 @01:41PM (#9746413)
Aren't the original YC terms 7% for $20,000 plus $100,000 uncapped note?