Startup Accelerators : a field guide

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Research for This Book -- How to Use This Book -- Introduction -- How Accelerator Programs Can Help Startups -- Accelerators versus Incubators, Investors, Government Programs, and Other StartupEcosystem Institutions -- Notes -- Chapter 1 The Emergence of Startup Accelerators -- Emergence -- Ascendance -- Expansion -- Impact -- Future -- Notes -- Chapter 2 What Happens in an Accelerator -- Accelerator Programs -- Accelerator Curriculums -- Accelerator Co-Working Spaces -- Accelerator Mentors -- Accelerator Program Managers -- Accelerator Weekly Check-In Sessions -- Accelerator Advisors -- Demo Day -- Case Study 1: LEAPIN Digital Keys and the H-Farm Deutsche Bank IoTAccelerator Program (Italy) -- Notes -- Chapter 3 Is Your Startup Ready for an Accelerator? -- What It Takes to Get into an Accelerator -- Accelerator Acceptance Criteria -- The Team -- The Product -- The Market -- Progress -- What Matters More: The Team, the Product, the Market, or Progress? -- Common Accelerator Turnoffs -- Incomplete, Error-Laden, Inconcise, or Vague Applications -- Too Early -- No Product/No Market or Bad Product/Bad Market -- Solo Founder/Inability to Lead -- Prohibitive Location -- Lying and/or Questionable Values -- Prohibitive Cap Table -- Lack of Persistence/Distraction/Half-Hearted Effort/Poor Past Decisions -- When Are You Ready for an Accelerator? -- Depends on the Accelerator -- Depends on Your Startup -- Can You Be Too Early or Too Late for an Accelerator? -- What If You Are Not Ready? -- Case Study 2: BroZone Inc. and the Founders Frontier Accelerator* (USA) -- Notes -- Chapter 4 How to Prepare the Accelerator Application -- Accelerator Acceptance Criteria versus the Accelerator Application -- The Accelerator Application Process.