Sure, it promotes Seedcamp, in the same way it promotes YC or TechStars. These programs are increasingly the smartest way for first-time founders to get off the ground with their ideas. Plus, at least here in Europe, there's still a huge group of talented hackers who don't know about them, so spreading the word is no less important today than a couple years ago.
I commented on the blog, but really my comment probably belongs here.
This is a great advertisement for SeedCamp, but I find it strange that SeedCamp/Y-Combinator/TechStars focus on people with ideas, pre-launch.
Is there anything like this availble to first time bootstrappers who have just gone and gotten it done?
Build/Launch/Revise - but it would be great to have access to these kinds of resources - lots of knowledge and a bit of money.
Seems to me that once you've got a product out there, it's difficult to get small amounts of money to keep things going, and the publicity that YC etc. provide is unbeatable.
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And it leaves power in the hands of investors.
Don't believe for a moment that all investments were good idea (obligatory pets.com reference here).
There's power in looking for validation elsewhere: users, competition, press. If you get it from there, the investment will follow.
This is a great advertisement for SeedCamp, but I find it strange that SeedCamp/Y-Combinator/TechStars focus on people with ideas, pre-launch.
Is there anything like this availble to first time bootstrappers who have just gone and gotten it done? Build/Launch/Revise - but it would be great to have access to these kinds of resources - lots of knowledge and a bit of money.
Seems to me that once you've got a product out there, it's difficult to get small amounts of money to keep things going, and the publicity that YC etc. provide is unbeatable.