As someone who works with startups, the more startups the better. But sometimes it feels like this whole startup/entrepreneurial trend is spinning out of control.
A few of examples:
1. In Chicago, a new downtown hub called 1871 in the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center, will open with 50,000 sq. feet of affordable space for fledgling tech startups, along with support services.
2. Meanwhile in New York, there’s a new retail business called the A Startup Store that helps startups gain exposure by giving them a place to tell their stories and display their products.
3. The Argentine startup accelerator NXTP Labs has launched a new call for projects, and startups have until Feb. 21st 2012 to apply. (via The Next Web)
Don’t get me wrong, it’s great to see so much support for startups and entrepreneurs. At the same time, however, I do wonder if it is becoming too easy for startups and entrepreneurs. With hubs, accelerators, incubators and a growing amount of seed capital, has it taken the struggle out of establishing a startup? And is this necessarily a bad thing?
In other words, if there are lower barriers to entry to do a startup, it that a positive thing for entrepreneurs and the startups ecosystem? And if we are encouraging startups, what impact could that have on the supply of talent given there are so many startups looking to hire good people.
I’m a glass-half-full kind of person but it is also important to be pragmatic. Maybe my spider sense is off but it feeling a little frothy out there.
What do you think?
