Accelerator Mentors over Money (and Office Space)
With the success of Y Combinator and TechStars, several accelerators have popped up everywhere. Some have done quite well. Here in Dallas,Tech Wildcatters had a strong class recently and is poised to...
View ArticleHow to Evaluate a Startup Accelerator Offer
Great news — your startup just got accepted to an accelerator! But before your startup signs up and cashes that $[25,000] check, your startup’s co-founders should sit down and evaluate the accelerator...
View ArticleShould Your Startup Close a Small Seed Round Prior to Accelerator Pitch Day?
Working to close a small seed round prior to your accelerator’s pitch day usually falls somewhere between a moderate distraction and a huge pain in the asymptote. It’s not worth the effort to close...
View ArticleAccelerator Documents for Startups Should Be Easy
Documents in the startup ecosystem evolve. For example, convertible note documents are more complex now compared to 5 years ago (e.g., price caps and price cap regulators). Most of the evolution has to...
View ArticleAccelerator Pitch Days and the General Solicitation Conundrum
If you’ve been to accelerator pitch days, you’ve likely seen a presentation that either flat out mentions the specifics of a financing round in progress or the details of a proposed financing. In the...
View ArticleHow to Survive a Co-Founder Divorce while at an Accelerator
Accelerators can certainly help a startup reach new levels. But when the relationship between the startup’s co-founders is already on shaky ground upon entrance, the only thing the accelerator (by no...
View ArticleAccelerator Investments Should Be Convertible Equity
I previously wrote that accelerator documents should be easy. At the time, I thought accelerator documents should be easy primarily because of the potential adverse selection problem for the...
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