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How do startup Accelerators work?

Gust

Accelerators are as diverse and varied as the start-ups they serve. While there are some universal features, such as an application and selection process and educational programming, the specific offerings can differ widely. The post How do startup Accelerators work? Let's delve deeper into the details.

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BE 2.0: When Your BHAG Forces Innovation

Paul G. Silva

” At the time, we were running a startup accelerator for 6 companies. We challenged many “well-known truths” about accelerator programs and embraced new research on the Wisdom of Crowds : “Expert” Evaluation? The safe play would have been scaling to 9 or 12.

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Gener8tor is the biggest startup accelerator you’ve never heard of…

TechCrunch

For the past decade, Gener8tor has been working to shift that by spinning up accelerators in local communities that have money but are underserved in terms of startup support. We spoke with the Gener8tor founders about why they are passionate about thinking about the startup ecosystem a little differently.

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500 Startups & Misk Innovation to Launch Second Batch of the Misk 500 Accelerator Program

500

Applications are now open for Batch 2 of the Misk 500 Accelerator Program 500 Startups and Misk Innovation will host the second batch of its accelerator program based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to fuel startups throughout the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region. Following the.

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Sololearn raises $24M for its bite-sized, Duolingo-like mobile-first coding education app

TechCrunch

Today a company called Sololearn — which has built a popular mobile-first education platform to meet that demand, now with over 21 million users across some 25 curriculum categories like Python, JavaScript, Java, C++, HTML and SQL — is announcing $24 million in funding to expand its business. Why fund Yet One More?

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What if all startup accelerators promote circularity?

Impact Hub

What if all startup incubators and accelerators integrated design principles that foster circularity? In the startup and venture world, there are two options for integrating circularity. Mostly, startups that already identify with the concept of circularity join them. of the global economy is circular.

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Paris-based accelerator The Family sues co-founder Oussama Ammar

TechCrunch

The Family co-founder and CEO Alice Zagury announced in a blog post that the French startup accelerator is suing Oussama Ammar for multiple claims — breach of trust, forgery and use of forgery. They teamed up to build a different kind of startup accelerator without any batch or demo day.