Thanks for writing this up. We’re running an incubation pilot at Impact Academy and found this post very helpful as a reference class (for comparison in terms of success) as well as providing strategic clarity. I’m curious, what were the best initiatives (inside and outside of EA) you came across in your search (e.g., y-combinator, charity entrepreneurship, etc.)?
I don’t necessarily have a great sense for how good each one is, but here are some names. Though I expect you’re already familiar with all of them :).
EA / x-risk -related
Future of Life Foundation
Active grantmaking, which might happen e.g. at Open Phil or Longview or Effective Giving, is a bit like incubation
(Charity Entrepreneurship of course, as you mentioned)
Outside EA
Entrepreneur First seems impressive, though I’m not that well placed to judge
Maybe this is nitpicking: As far as I know Y-Combinator is an accelerator rather than an incubator (ie it’s focused on helping out existing startups rather than helping people get something started)
PS: good luck with your incubation work at Impact Academy! :)
Thanks for writing this up. We’re running an incubation pilot at Impact Academy and found this post very helpful as a reference class (for comparison in terms of success) as well as providing strategic clarity.
I’m curious, what were the best initiatives (inside and outside of EA) you came across in your search (e.g., y-combinator, charity entrepreneurship, etc.)?
I don’t necessarily have a great sense for how good each one is, but here are some names. Though I expect you’re already familiar with all of them :).
EA / x-risk -related
Future of Life Foundation
Active grantmaking, which might happen e.g. at Open Phil or Longview or Effective Giving, is a bit like incubation
(Charity Entrepreneurship of course, as you mentioned)
Outside EA
Entrepreneur First seems impressive, though I’m not that well placed to judge
Maybe this is nitpicking: As far as I know Y-Combinator is an accelerator rather than an incubator (ie it’s focused on helping out existing startups rather than helping people get something started)
PS: good luck with your incubation work at Impact Academy! :)
Thanks for your response Ben. All of these were on my radar but thanks for sharing.
Good luck with what you’ll be working on too!