Do they provide any funding? It's hard to tell from the site.
See my answer above. We should tweak the site to make it clearer, thanks for the feedback.
Mozilla Accepting Applications for its Open Source Accelerator
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#12Is it wrong to say this is the peak(IMO) of what the Internet should be? What with people building cool stuff, open sourcing it, and getting help from others who have already gone down the road.
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#13Is this program just for startups?
I've got an opensource project that I would like coaching & mentorship on, but I'm not convinced I want to monetize it. Should I apply anyway?
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#14Is this program just for startups? I've got an opensource project that I would like coaching & mentorship on, but I'm not convinced I want to monetize it. Should I apply anyway?
To me, it seems that question is answered pretty clearly in the "What" on their homepage:
A 3-month hands-on accelerator designed to help entrepreneurs from around the globe build healthy businesses.
(with "build healthy businesses" in bold)
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#15WebFWD is a great program for startups involved heavily in open source. -- I was in their first cohort, feel free to ask any questions.
Do you lift?
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#16Is this program just for startups? I've got an opensource project that I would like coaching & mentorship on, but I'm not convinced I want to monetize it. Should I apply anyway?
I'm in a similar boat. I have a few things like that where I think the best thing for it would be to get it where to the point where a bunch of people would fork it and make their own cool things.
I don't want to be in business, I want to make cool stuff.
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#17Is this program just for startups? I've got an opensource project that I would like coaching & mentorship on, but I'm not convinced I want to monetize it. Should I apply anyway?
Check out Mozilla Hatchery at https://blog.mozilla.org/labs/2013/04/announcing-mozilla-hat...
It may be what you're looking for.
PS: I am a Mozilla Rep.
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#18Is this program just for startups? I've got an opensource project that I would like coaching & mentorship on, but I'm not convinced I want to monetize it. Should I apply anyway?
If it's Good for the Web, I at least am happy to chat, give advice, mentor, to the extent that I have free time. I do that on a regular basis for local companies, but that's just because it's more convenient. I expect many Mozilla folks do the same.
(and if it's a thing that should/could be a Mozilla consumer product someday, then yes, check out the Hatchery, that's a more structured program w/ a bunch of coaches).
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#19David Ascher here, I oversee WebFWD. I'm happy to take questions here if the HN crowd has them.
Would you consider accepting a hardware based internet-of-things/robotics startup?
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#20Do they provide any funding? It's hard to tell from the site.
See my answer above. We should tweak the site to make it clearer, thanks for the feedback.
Another thing you can make clearer is where you are based—I had to go to the blog to figure out it is Mountain View (I’ve seen a lot of things out of Mozilla London recently so I was hoping it was in London!).