[wellboy]

Great article, though this strategy (as well as AL) is not of much use for first-time & pre-traction entrepreneurs.

[ahall]

Of course it is. I know tons of first-timers who've used AL effectively.

[alloftheabove]

You mention getting intros from your network. A first-timer is probably less likely to have people in their network who could introduce them to a VC, although they may have a large network. Accelerators like Y Combinator seem to solve this problem, but what about those outside of the accelerators?