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Suggestion: Repeat the the column headings every 20 rows or so or make it sticky. By the end of the page I had to scroll back up to remind myself of some of the columns titles.
Suggestion: Repeat the the column headings every 20 rows or so or make it sticky. By the end of the page I had to scroll back up to remind myself of some of the columns titles.
I think this is a fantastic, important project. Keep up the good work. That said, the UI is encouraging visitors to prioritize information that isn't important. For example, % equity, $ per %, and average funding. The equity stuff isn't important because all of them take so little that an early-stage company shouldn't be worrying about it. The mindset that "we're gonna be a $1B company, so 1% is worth $10M to me" is…
Hi HN, Creator of Accelerat.io here. Just launched today and would love to get your feedback. I built this site because when I was applying to accelerators some months ago I wasn't really sure which ones to apply to as there were so many of them but so little transparency about how valuable they really are. We all know Y Combinator is good, but how about all those others out there? For the interested, the site's buil…
Thanks for making this! One suggestion: Average funding could become distorted from big rounds, particular big later rounds. It might be helpful to include median funding and/or break out by seed, series a, etc.
Why "$ per %" instead of valuation? I don't have a good idea of what's a good "$ per %" but I do have a good idea of what is a good/bad valuation, so I find myself having to do calculations. I sense that others are the same.
This seems like a fair comparison since for many people accelerators essentially replace business school.
I think this is a fantastic, important project. Keep up the good work. That said, the UI is encouraging visitors to prioritize information that isn't important. For example, % equity, $ per %, and average funding. The equity stuff isn't important because all of them take so little that an early-stage company shouldn't be worrying about it. The mindset that "we're gonna be a $1B company, so 1% is worth $10M to me" is…
I've seen tons of founders quibble over a few percent, and none of them were successful. Successful founders get past those issues and execute."
Really? You only get 100% to give away. Every 1% you give away now dilutes what you give to attract future employees, investors, etc. OK, maybe the accelerator asking for 10% is better overall than the one asking for 5% for the same amount of funding - still, you want to be aware of that tradeoff, no? You don't want to be completely laissez-faire about it. It's like millionaires from traditional industries who'll split a restaurant bill to the penny - cultivating a mindset to be really, really careful with key resources.
"Successful founders get past those issues and execute." It might just be the wording, but this sounded weird on first reading. Like saying "only losers care about their own interest when entering a business deal - what are you, a loser?!?"