Over the last decade or so startup accelerators have been a great source of inspiration, education, connections and capital for new companies. Y-Combinator, the granddaddy of them all started on March 11, 2005. Since then, just this one accelerator has churned out over a thousand new companies
Unicorns like Uber, DropBox, and AirBnB got their start in accelerators and now they have valuations rivaling high-profile companies that have been operating for generations.
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