you think an online food marketplace is a unique idea? Geo-location services? Unique?

Why do you think so often two similar movies are released close to each other (Antz & Bugs Life, Volcano & that crappier one, etc, etc)

Better example: When http://nowdothis.com/ came out, another 2 or 3 alternatives came out within a week of each other -- you think people "stole" these ideas from each other? I think it's far more likely that people just came up with similar ideas.

I'd think incubators would really want to avoid competing with each other. That's why there's all the flap about exploding term sheets. They want the good ideas (and teams) for themselves.

I'm not trying to be a fanboy when I say that an incubator would have to be crazy to compete with YCombinator head-to-head on an idea unless they think they have an amazing team. YC just has more history and better connections.

I'm fairly sure this was posted a couple days ago

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=547991

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