🛑 Stop applying to accelerators 🤷

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The video challenges a common startup path (applying to accelerators) and offers contrarian advice, which often resonates with founders seeking alternative strategies. The direct and slightly provocative hook grabs attention.

Summary

The speaker advises founders to stop applying to accelerators, including Y Combinator, as most are not worth the equity they take. They suggest that if a startup has a strong idea and is already gaining traction, they don't need an accelerator for networking or motivation.

Structure

1Stop applying to accelerators
2Most accelerators are bullshit
3Only Y Combinator is good, but still costly
4Founders often don't need accelerators
5Focus on traction and market fit instead

Product placement

The video discusses Y Combinator as a startup accelerator.

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🛑 Stop applying to accelerators 🤷 (Even Y Combinator)

Original caption

🛑 Founders: don’t sell 7% of your company to Y Combinator if you can avoid it #ycombinator #vctok #founder #startupadvice #venturecapital

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Transcript

Stop applying to accelerators 🤷 I think most accelerators are bullshit and I would recommend most founders don't do them. There's only one good accelerator and that's YC and that's YC no offense to all the other accelerators out there but I just don't think it's worth it. But even YC takes I think 7% of your company these days. But a lot of people don't need YC either for their network or to motivate themselves for traction and if you have a great idea you're already getting customers, you have had no problem getting the market and building something people don't sell 7% of your company to Garry Tan. I like Garry, we're friends but don't sell 11% of your company to Garry Tan um just to get the credential on your resume. It's a really expensive way more expensive than Harvard and it's not worth your time or