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Cisco set to open new accelerator focusing on ‘world-changing’ ideas

5 pointsby yanivfalmost 12 years ago

3 comments

mathattackalmost 12 years ago
On paper this looks great. Get in on the startup game.<p>The skeptic in me asks:<p>- Do you lose out on network effects by limiting it to 5 at a time? (Isn&#x27;t part of the benefit of ycombinator that you&#x27;re part of the larger family?)<p>- Are there any success stories of this type of in-house accelerator programs? I remember a lot of not so great outcomes in the 2001 timeframe.
byuricalmost 12 years ago
Because every corporation these days want in house innovation and they can do it cheaply by incubating startups that they will eat once they are on something.
moranitalmost 12 years ago
Cisco tries to create some buzz, as a company that most of the time you don&#x27;t hear about...