[AhtiK]

Dave McClure post was framed as 500=APPL, YC=MSFT analogy. Artists vs geeks. Intuitivity vs analytics.

It's not about being an underdog or a black swan. Both 500 and YC must differentiate. It's the only way for the founder to grasp the accelerators' pitch.

Everyone wants to put out their expressive character. Michael Jackson can be recognized from the silhouette, so can you do with your company.

So it's fine that Paul Graham played out the analytical card and Dave McClure counterplayed the same card as Apple played against Microsoft - we are the hippies, not the science guys.

[davemc500hats]

really hope our branding is more "intuitive artists" than "the hippies"... but yeah, that's probably directionally correct.

i prefer band geeks vs. chess nerds, as stated in the piece.