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I'm a round 2 Startup Chile participant, and I'm surprised to say, I agree with most of this post, except their is a glaring exception. If you are in any half-decent start-up ecosystem (I'm now in Sydney, Australia) all the feedback, knowledge sharing, etc, etc is still available to you.

Therefore, that 'value' isn't unique to Startup Chile, and unless you live in a non-technology area (which I did before Startup Chile), is not reason enough to go.

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I am a round 4 participant and I went from Buenos Aires. I consider BA to have a decent startup ecosystem, but it doesn't have an entity that gathers entrepreneurs and encourages them to meet and share their experiences.

BA doesn't have a "Startup Chile" in its environment. It does have one or two incubators/accelerators but they are very selective in who gets to participate or not.

I believe the kind of synergy and energy that happens in Startup Chile can only happen in other accelerators/incubators like Y Combinator, Tech Stars, et al; or in co-working spaces that encourage meetings/networking.

The other reason to go, and probably the most important one, is that you get $40,000 equity-free.

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