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Mozilla Accepting Applications for its Open Source Accelerator

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Re: Mozilla Accepting Applications for its Open Source Accelerator

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The application is unviewable with Javascript disabled.* Note to applicants: please consider the value of progressive enhancement.

* I had temporarily disabled Javascipt on Firefox for debugging something a couple days ago. I had been using Chrome since then, but decided to open Firefox for this. I was confused until I tried to check my Gmail, whereupon I was informed that I had Javascript disabled. Oops. I've re-enabled Javascript.

Re: Mozilla Accepting Applications for its Open Source Accelerator

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WebFWD is an awesome experience! It's helping us turn mist.io into a solid business with a great product, without having to give away any equity. The mentors are top notch and very engaged in the whole process. Being a part of the Mozilla community is the best thing ever. If you're working on an open source startup, complete the short application form now! It's totally worth it.

Re: Mozilla Accepting Applications for its Open Source Accelerator

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post #8

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How much $ do they give to startups?

Good question. In the normal process, we offer no funding, and take no equity. We give advice and coaching to companies we think are likely to move the web in a positive direction. Keeping money out of it at this stage keeps things simple.

I think the true potential of WebFWD can only be unlocked if/when the funding problem is solved. It can be directly through Mozilla or by very strong partnerships with foundations and firms that do investment.

It's the only missing piece in my mind. I hope it's something the team is thinking about (I've talked with Pascal about it during our stint).

Would love to chat about it more though.

Re: Mozilla Accepting Applications for its Open Source Accelerator

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David 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?

I can't speak on behalf of the team doing acceptances but if it's awesome, open and uses the web; yes.

Re: Mozilla Accepting Applications for its Open Source Accelerator

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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!).

It's location agnostic. Most teams aren't located near a Mozilla office. All of the program is virtual.

I'm near Mountain View so I spent many a days at the Mozilla HQ but none of the other teams were local.

Re: Mozilla Accepting Applications for its Open Source Accelerator

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David 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?

hi - I help run WebFWD and can definitely say "yes" to this - if there is an "Internet" in the Internet of Things element, we're interested :)
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