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Roundtable Recap: June 25 – Choose a Startup Accelerator that Offers a Pedagogy and a Curriculum
When you join a startup accelerator, you are often looking for guidance, connections, and a path to scale. However, the current landscape of cohort-based, equity-charging incubators and accelerators has a glaring, structural defect. Many operate as mini-venture funds rather than educational institutions, prioritizing institutional fundraising over your long-term success. As a founder, you shouldn’t be
730th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable Recording
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Roundtable Recap: June 11 – Sustainability First, Blitzscaling Second
If you are looking for an accelerator to work with that protects you from either going out of business rapidly, or becoming a zombie, please read my new paper, How to Evaluate a Technology Startup Accelerator. Please remember, most equity charging accelerators operate with the Blitzscaling out of the gate philosophy pioneered by Y Combinator.
Free Courses on Evaluating Startup Accelerators and Course Coupons
Not every startup accelerator is designed for every founder. Entrepreneurs across the world face very different realities depending on geography, funding access, business model, team structure, and personal financial circumstances. Choosing the wrong accelerator can waste time, create pressure to pursue the wrong strategy, and push founders toward goals that do not align with sustainable
725th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable Recording
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Roundtable Recap: May 7 – Startup Accelerators Should Be Equity-Free
During this week’s roundtable, we kicked off the session with a discussion of research we’re publishing based on Carta data that has been published this year. Our key conclusion is that Startup Accelerators Should Be Equity-Free. By charging 7-15% equity for small capital injection, accelerators are setting entrepreneurs up for failure. Please read these two
715th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable Recording
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How Blitzscaling Can Create Zombie Startups
Nine out of ten startups that sign up for Blitzscaling fail. They become zombie startups. They cannot raise new rounds of financing. They cannot find an Exit either. They just sit there, feeling like failures. Even if they have built $10M in profitable revenue.
