You decided to use copyrighted music, "Santo & Johnny - Sleep Walk 1959" through your "How it works" video, which I got to by clicking a link under the giant "Data Entry Blows" text on your main page. Did you actually obtain the rights to use that music? Or are these two startup accelerators encouraging particpants not to worry about "stuff that blows" (like dealing with copyrights)?

I was at one of the other companies at GrowLab and I repeatedly warned them against using copyrighted music. The Ecquire boys go their own path.

I don't think it makes me a bad person when I say, I dont care about them using copyrighted music. I don't think it's the smartest decision because they could smack you down for it. Practically, they won't. But, I don't seem to have the automatic gut wrenching disgust effect that the above have... It could be just me?

Not to mention I have absolutely no idea what they do, and I'm not going to sit through a video to figure it out.

-1 for the disturbing picture of the biker carnage

I'm Toan, the person who manages the blog at Ecquire.

I want to apologize about the offensive bike wreck image. We should have given more thought to the tragic consequences of that picture rather than trying to be funny. I have changed that picture to something more appropriate and hope we've made it right.

Thank you. I appreciate the feedback.

You can also reach me at toan@ecquire.com

Tal here, I wrote the post and google image searched my way to that photo. Some images on the web are so ridiculous you don't believe they're real or think about them as you would if you saw them in a news context.

I reverse imaged searched to discover it's a real picture of a drunk driver killing a man and injuring 10 in Monterrey, Mexico in 2008. I apologize for those of you who had to see it, and thanks Toan for acting quickly to remove it.

Ugh. Yeah. Got to that point in the article and closed the tab. It's a good article, but, sadly, that's the only thing I remember now about the article.

Ha, I thought that was actually the only redeeming part of the entire post. Made me laugh a bit.

Agreed. The only funny bit in the post.

The difference between tragedy and comedy is perspective.

I haven't read the actual post yet, but the title made me laugh as I read it internally as:

"What I Wish Someone Told Me After Two Iterations of People Telling Me Things"

Sage advice on using your time wisely, regardless of being in an incubator or not. When you don't put a high value on your time, actively remove distractions, and aggressively pursue success, it won't matter how smart you are.

In startups, outworking beats outsmarting. Great post

Thanks, great point to plan backward. I think that's a good practice in general, not just as it relates to an incubator.

Hey Tal, Nice post. Good to see you're still workin on startups. Had no idea you had become a technical guy.

Keep up the good work!

Joe (from Anthillz)

DreamIt 2008 :)