I have nothing but respect for Alex's work. However, as a coach at the Aalto Venture Garage and the upcoming Springboard in the UK, I think calling it the first true accelerator is borderline insulting.

Need I remind you that The Difference Engine had foreign teams? Geogoer is Lithuanian.

The startup programs at the Aalto Venture Garage have had teams from Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Russia.

I'm not too familiar with HackFWD but I believe they're been international as well.

I think StartupBootcamp is awesome. And there's great ambition there. But I think calling each others programs better or worse (or truly european or whatever) is counter productive.