Web 2.0 Ireland

Brad Feld talks about techstars. See Feld Thoughts - TechStars Launches

Similar to ycombinator - the Paul Graham related “startup camp”

In Ireland we have some of the “ingredients”

- EDP programmes
- University activity

but we’re missing out on

- quality advice/mentoring
- angel investing

The exciting thing @ techstars and ycombinator are

1. backed by folks who’ve done it before - “value add”
2. transparent process
3. cluster is together
4. short timeframe
5. escalator model - access to funding if you “graduate”
6. reduces risk for entrepreneur
7. pipeline for angel investors

See here for possible scenarios in Ireland.

We should learn from these programmes….

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