My personal story on the unethical behaviors of the TechCode accelerator

A bit of Occam&#x27;s Razor might be called for before suggesting hidden agendas and IP theft by foreign governments.<p>It sounds like a new program that overpromised, didn&#x27;t plan well, and struggled to deliver would have been a similar experience.

FYI two days after writing this article he shut down his startup <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;medium.com&#x2F;@OmidAminfar&#x2F;the-end-of-my-rewarding-startup-journey-27c2986eb110" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;medium.com&#x2F;@OmidAminfar&#x2F;the-end-of-my-rewarding-star...</a> so while I am not disputing the accuracy of his statements there may be other factors as work as well.

I think you should only call a program an accelerator if they invest at the start in all participants. Otherwise a word like incubator or competition probably makes more sense.

There&#x27;s no barrier-to-entry for a shop to call themselves an &quot;accelerator.&quot;<p>Reputation*3.<p>YC, 500 and some others. Doing due-diligence, building rapport with key people and managing expectations can help. Also, big names have a lot more to lose (rep) and so tend to be safer bets.

I read this earlier today, and I don&#x27;t remember the author calling out the accelerator by name. Was this a later edit?