If you’re in Africa and you plan to get your startup into @ycombinator, @Techstars or any top accelerator next year, here’s what I’ll advice you to do :
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1. If you just start planning to apply when application is out, chances are you’re already too late. Start planning now…. If they require you to create an account, create it now…. You’re not too early, they sometimes fund at ideation stage actually.
2. Research and see the kind of industry they fund, some accelerators have a specific funds for AI, web3 etc, apply directly to those funds, and some don’t fund AI, web3, NFTs etc at all or very low. Make your research.
There’s also the one of regions also, pick the one closet to you. Techstars has around 54 regions/setups and they run 2 cycles each year, something similar to YC too.
Jul 11, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Here’s a thread of the different tech fields you can explore based on what you’re studying/studied in school. This can either be for you to learn or adjust your work into.
You’ll see their application &/ tech roles:
A good way to see how tech can be integrated into your… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
International Relations/History and Diplomatic studies : Development studies, communication/debate, trade and logistics, art, linguistics, AI & ML, language models
It’s 2023, if you want to get into tech but don’t know what you’ll like. You can try these :
If you like aesthetics —-> Design
If you want to make fine web —> Frontend
If you like logic + responsibility —> Backend
If you like calculations + data —> Data Science/analytics.
If you like being in charge —-> Product manager.
If you care a lot about security online —-> cybersecurity.
If you love sleek designs —-> graphics design.
If you like creating structures —> Program manager.
If you care about other people a lot —> HR
