Mains Gas

I feel like taking another shot at the Australian technology incubators this morning … but then maybe I need to balance my commentary because someone might actually be listening.

Despite the fact that the incubators are effectively a pilot light in a system where the mains aren’t connected, one can’t fault the passion of the founders of the incubators.

They truly believe they are doing a noble deed.

Indeed the prevailing mood is one of ‘first encounter’. Essentially they are providing opportunities for emerging natives, the start-up founders, to become somewhat civilized in the arts of the start-up world.

And the incubator model is as good as any because the natives seem to love it. What they, the gen-Y start-up founders, don’t seem to be able to do is discern good advice from the other sort, experience from trite, or good intentions from rape. I don’t know why this slice of wisdom skipped a generation. Too many Christmas presents maybe, but it prevails.

So, accepting that just about all of these gen-Y startup founders will fail miserably or worse still, succeed in a miserly fashion, the incubator at least provides them an advisory model that they can buy into because all their kith already have. It’s better than nowt and it keeps that pilot light burning.

Here’s hoping someone turns on the mains some day.