EPS 2012 G ROG TASTES LIKE SHIT ABOARD ACCELERATORS Alex Barrera (@abarrera)
EPS 2012
GROG TASTES
LIKE SHIT ABOARD
ACCELERATORSAlex Barrera(@abarrera)
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HELLOmy name is
Guybrush Threepwood
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What is an accelerator?
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Time-limited program
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Time-limited program
Syncronous (seed) investment
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Time-limited program
Syncronous (seed) investment
Standardized investment terms
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Time-limited program
Syncronous (seed) investment
Standardized investment terms
Connections to future capital
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Joe Mancuso (1957)
Batavia Industrial Center (BIC)
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Berlin 1961
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Source: The Rise of Acceleration Funds (Luis Rivera 2011)
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Ahoooooy!!
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You talking to me?
Abusive term sheets
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Mentor overflow
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Where after?
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Ferrari? Yeah sure!
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Squirrel!!!(WTF is the money?)
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Aarrrrrrr!!
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EU Inc. framework
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Solve YOUR problems
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aka FUCK CARGO CULT!
Solve YOUR problems
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the phonies
Find
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Concentrate mentorship
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FOLLOW UP!
Idea
Prototype
Launch (accel)Business
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Be lean my
friend
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CROSS POLINATION
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THINKBIGGER
“We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.” - JFK 1962