Comments on: Would a startup accelerator help Romanian entrepreneurs? http://www.mafteianu.com/2009/12/would-a-startup-accelerator-help-romanian-entrepreneurs/ Business Blog Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:45:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Horia http://www.mafteianu.com/2009/12/would-a-startup-accelerator-help-romanian-entrepreneurs/comment-page-1/#comment-407 Horia Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:12:36 +0000 http://www.mafteianu.com/?p=312#comment-407 I believe that this accelerator should be connected somehow to the learning environment (Academy of Economic Studies, Politechnic University of Bucharest and many others). Startups should be encouraged to be formed in the students' community. I believe that this accelerator should be connected somehow to the learning environment (Academy of Economic Studies, Politechnic University of Bucharest and many others). Startups should be encouraged to be formed in the students' community.

]]> By: mirceapasoi http://www.mafteianu.com/2009/12/would-a-startup-accelerator-help-romanian-entrepreneurs/comment-page-1/#comment-405 mirceapasoi Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:26:01 +0000 http://www.mafteianu.com/?p=312#comment-405 In my opinion, an accelerator would be an obvious benefit to the startup community. We can just look at examples from outside Romania (YCombinator, Bootup Labs, Seedcamp) and agree they've had beneficial effects.<br><br>The general formula is to give shares (usually <20%) in exchange for money, mentorship, networking, etc. and it sounds pretty fair. Paul Graham has a nice essay that relates to your question on measuring added value: <a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/equity.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.paulgraham.com/equity.html</a><br><br>Also, this is a nice article on the history and performance of YCombinator: <a href="http://blog.awesomezombie.com/2009/12/analyzing-y-combinator.html" rel="nofollow">http://blog.awesomezombie.com/2009/12/analyzing...</a> In my opinion, an accelerator would be an obvious benefit to the startup community. We can just look at examples from outside Romania (YCombinator, Bootup Labs, Seedcamp) and agree they've had beneficial effects.

The general formula is to give shares (usually <20%) in exchange for money, mentorship, networking, etc. and it sounds pretty fair. Paul Graham has a nice essay that relates to your question on measuring added value: http://www.paulgraham.com/equity.html

Also, this is a nice article on the history and performance of YCombinator: http://blog.awesomezombie.com/2009/12/analyzing...

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