I have nothing but respect for Alex's work. However, as a coach at the Aalto Venture Garage and the upcoming Springboard in the UK, I think calling it the first true accelerator is borderline insulting.
Need I remind you that The Difference Engine had foreign teams? Geogoer is Lithuanian.
The startup programs at the Aalto Venture Garage have had teams from Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Russia.
I'm not too familiar with HackFWD but I believe they're been international as well.
I think StartupBootcamp is awesome. And there's great ambition there. But I think calling each others programs better or worse (or truly european or whatever) is counter productive.
@Ramine we're not talking about being the first European in terms of the first program in Europe, but in terms of being the first ones that operate on a PanEuropean scale with the same program in 4 different countries. Sorry for the misconception, didn't want to infuriate people or to think it was a PR stunt.
No problem :) I think it's great that you guys are building up the brand and network. We were talking with Alex Farcet this summer about doing a cooperation with AaltoVG. I think this kinda stuff is needed, especially in terms of collaboration.
Thanks man! Highly appreciated! Yeah, we've been keeping an eye on Garage48 and Alex has been keeping us up to date :D This is my own opinion but it would be really cool :) The more the merrier! :D
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I have nothing but respect for Alex's work. However, as a coach at the Aalto Venture Garage and the upcoming Springboard in the UK, I think calling it the first true accelerator is borderline insulting.
Need I remind you that The Difference Engine had foreign teams? Geogoer is Lithuanian.
The startup programs at the Aalto Venture Garage have had teams from Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Russia.
I'm not too familiar with HackFWD but I believe they're been international as well.
I think StartupBootcamp is awesome. And there's great ambition there. But I think calling each others programs better or worse (or truly european or whatever) is counter productive.
@Ramine we're not talking about being the first European in terms of the first program in Europe, but in terms of being the first ones that operate on a PanEuropean scale with the same program in 4 different countries. Sorry for the misconception, didn't want to infuriate people or to think it was a PR stunt.
No problem :) I think it's great that you guys are building up the brand and network. We were talking with Alex Farcet this summer about doing a cooperation with AaltoVG. I think this kinda stuff is needed, especially in terms of collaboration.
Did you follow what we did with Garage48?
Thanks man! Highly appreciated! Yeah, we've been keeping an eye on Garage48 and Alex has been keeping us up to date :D This is my own opinion but it would be really cool :) The more the merrier! :D