What structural advantages does an accelerator batch environment provide to founders?
Replied byPaul Graham
Co-Founder at Y Combinator
Niche: Finance
Revenue: Not Publicly Disclosed/month
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Started: 2005
Starting a company is inherently isolating. A batch environment provides founders with an immediate community of peers facing similar technical hurdles, facilitates direct knowledge sharing, and creates an internal marketplace of early adopting customers who provide rapid feedback.
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