http://www.socialstartups.com/2009/09/06/the-5-most-important-questions-to-answer-when-creating-a-startup-incubator/ All that's new in the social computing space. Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:07:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.socialstartups.com/2009/09/06/the-5-most-important-questions-to-answer-when-creating-a-startup-incubator/comment-page-1/#comment-1394 Rob Shedd Mon, 07 Sep 2009 01:37:59 +0000 http://www.socialstartups.com/2009/09/06/the-5-most-important-questions-to-answer-when-creating-a-startup-incubator/#comment-1394 I thought there were some good summary points based on TechStars and Launchboard Digital at the end of this blog post -- http://montrealstartup.com/blog/2009/08/28/lessons-from-techstars-and-launchbox-digital/ -- many of them are similar to what you have already listed, but it might help expand the list, especially with regard to the type of environment that the companies are working in. I think that the community style program that TechStars and DreamIt run is a big advantage for those programs over the "each company works alone and gets only a little time with PG" model that YC runs under, however, founders might be looking for different things, so a question covering these aspects might be useful. I thought there were some good summary points based on TechStars and Launchboard Digital at the end of this blog post — http://montrealstartup.com/blog/2009/08/28/lessons-from-techstars-and-launchbox-digital/ — many of them are similar to what you have already listed, but it might help expand the list, especially with regard to the type of environment that the companies are working in. I think that the community style program that TechStars and DreamIt run is a big advantage for those programs over the “each company works alone and gets only a little time with PG” model that YC runs under, however, founders might be looking for different things, so a question covering these aspects might be useful.

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