Is it just me, or is everyone and their mother talking about startup accelerators these days? I seriously feel like we're in some kind of Paul Graham era. Y Combinator -made startups like Dropbox , Xobni , Loopt , AirBnB , WePay , etc. have gotten all kinds of attention and similar programs seem to be popping up all over the place, even in London . When I asked Graham, he didn't seem necessarily sure if the Y Combinator model would work outside of Silicon Valley, where there is a high density of active business angels and investors. Then again, progams like Seedcamp and TechStars - which behind the likes of Foodzie and Graphic.ly - may've proved that the model can work elsewhere; the program now operates in Bouler, New York, Boston and Seattle - and made took its first international step last year with Startupbootcamp .
