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Gener8tor is the biggest startup accelerator you’ve never heard of…

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. “Both Joe and I were lawyers, and we met working on transactions together, both on the startup and the investor side. “We’re both admirers of the accelerator model, starting with Paul Graham and YC. Work with startups, invest in startups, help them grow. Lather, rinse, repeat.

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Paris-based accelerator The Family sues co-founder Oussama Ammar

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The Family co-founder and CEO Alice Zagury announced in a blog post that the French startup accelerator is suing Oussama Ammar for multiple claims — breach of trust, forgery and use of forgery. Entrepreneurs know this well. They teamed up to build a different kind of startup accelerator without any batch or demo day.

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4 lessons I learned about getting into Y Combinator (after 13 applications)

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The entrepreneurs trying to get into Y Combinator are often at an early point in their journeys and haven’t yet built up the experience to know exactly what kind of business can hit the ground running. This is where a harsh journey of trial and error helps entrepreneurs face the reality of their business model.

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Meet Seoul-based accelerator SparkLabs’ 19th batch of startups 

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SparkLabs Korea , a Seoul-based seed to early-stage accelerator, held a demo Day on Thursday for its 19th cohort of companies. The latest demo day marks its tenth year after SparkLabs launched its accelerator program in December 2012. and Asia. .

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Formwork Labs aims to build ‘the YC of construction tech’

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For starters, Formwork Labs will select five pre-seed companies to participate as a cohort in its immersive, 10-week startup accelerator program. Each startup company will also receive $75,000 in funding on a post-money SAFE “to spend at their discretion” in return for 5% of the company. “We trillion-dollar industry.