Ask HN: My Y combinator dissertation and startup survey

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17 years ago

I'm currently writing my master's dissertation on Y combinator and all of the new "startup incubators" (for lack of a better term) that have cropped up in the last few years. I believe that many of the programs have simply copied Y combinator, and that there is a lot more innovation left.

My goal is to get some data on the programs thus far, detail why startups want to be a part of these programs, and detail why people want to start these programs. I hope to put all of this together in a framework for structuring new incubator programs.

My blog post describing everything so far is here:

http://blog.jedchristiansen.com/2009/08/10/y-combinator-dissertation-and-request-for-help/

If you'd be willing to help, I would appreciate your help with two things.

ONE - Please take a (very short) survey here:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGF5MnBUQVdFRC1zdVlXblQyX01GeHc6MA..

TWO - I'm hoping to use a better name than "startup incubator." Does anyone have any ideas?

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