[gales]

I've applied twice to an accelerator, both times unsuccessfully. However, it was not due to being female, but instead because I'm a sole founder. It's a bit of a conundrum unfortunately, because I wish to prove myself to my peers before seeking co-founders.

As the study only took into account those applications made via the F6S platform, I would not trust the figures. Some founders are unable to use it for a start, as they're insistent on only allowing logins with either Facebook or Linkedin. Not everyone uses or is willing to connect those services, like myself.

[balls187]

> As the study only took into account those applications made via the F6S platform, I would not trust the figures.

When we applied for both Techstars and 9MileLabs we had to go through F6s as well.

> because I wish to prove myself to my peers before seeking co-founders.

Why is that reasoning a gating factor for finding a co-founder?

[gales]

Fortunately, the accelerator that I've applied for provides both, a F6S backed application process, and their own.

The co-founder quandary is due to repeated past experiences of having my work being overly-criticised, so lack faith in my myself. Although, I'm now trying to overcome those hurdles I've set myself.

[sumedh]

> because I wish to prove myself to my peers before seeking co-founders.

Do you have little traction or are you just applying based on the idea?

[gales]

Applying based on idea, though I have a prototype that's on its way to becoming a fully-working MVP.