designing a strong accelerator curriculum
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/// Questions To Ask
Stage of the company?Accelerator VS. incubator? Is this a “doing” or “learning” program? General or specific industries? One point of contact VS. general mentors?What does success look like at the end of my program?
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/// Quality and Curation
Activity: Turn to your partner and present your curriculum and how you have curated it for top quality and specifically for your audience.
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1) “Batch” sizing2) Social Media + self-organization3) Some staff support just in beginning
Bonding = great NPS scores & future deal flow!
Community
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/// Iterate, Iterate, Iterate
“The mentor network has very little experience in with the medical market. It would be great to be able to tap
into existing relationships and get more help understanding the sales cycles in this market.”
- B14 founder in Digital Health track
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/// Iterate, Iterate, Iterate
“I would like to get very specific with developing a fund-raising plan and working on all the key steps to execute
against it... I would like to see [POC] force me into some structure and accountability.”
– B14 founder
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/// Iterate, Iterate, Iterate
We've been struggling to get the most out of the program while also maintaining focus on growing our
team and growth and operations back in South Africa. It's definitely meant that we haven't felt like we could
engage as much as we would have wanted to with the amazing people and resources that are available.
- B14 founder
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/// Designing a Strong Curriculumwith Andrea Barrica, Venture Partner
Q&A
[email protected] @abarrica