Disney Invites Applications for 2022 Disney Accelerator Program

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I'm assuming the original comment was about Disney having extremely liberal content?

No, it was implying that Disney's pro LGBT stance and opposition to Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill was tantamount to support for pedophilia. This is part of the Republican Party's general strategy to gain support for anti-LGBT legislation by fabricating a moral panic about pedophile "groomers" with the Democratic Party and LGBT community, in particular where support for trans rights is concerned.

https://www.salon.com/2022/04/11/the-goal-of-the-gops-qanon-...

https://www.insider.com/grooming-pedophile-disney-baseless-b...

Re: Disney Invites Applications for 2022 Disney Accelerator Program

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Post by madrox » Fri, Apr 22, 2022, 9:11 PM UTC

As someone with some knowledge of the accelerator, I'd describe it as a preferred partner program. I'd only recommend it to series B or beyond. The kinds of mentorship you'll get won't be very relevant to a startup. You won't learn about building companies and you won't gain much of a professional network to raise or sell to, but you'll get meetings with any part of Disney you want to pitch to for a partnership. For the right company that can be huge, like Sphero building BB-8. I'm unfamiliar with their terms.

Re: Disney Invites Applications for 2022 Disney Accelerator Program

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Post by protomyth » Fri, Apr 22, 2022, 9:12 PM UTC

I still cannot help but think they have a deep mistrust of software given their digital efforts other than Pixar. Letting EA do it versus continuing Lucas Arts doesn't seem to be isolated.