Getting into a start up accelerator (or test your business idea in a tiangge)

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December 7, 2013

These are tips for start ups wanting to join the accelerator program.  These are new terms for me and I am playing catch up.

Start ups are collaborative incubators that help you develop your product, sell it, and find investors.  There are hundreds in USA, but getting into these is challenging.  So it is good to have pre accelerators

The post here are advice coming from Seedcamp and Oxygen Accelerators.

Some tips (taking part in pre accelerator)

1.  Explain your idea in simple terms

2.  KISS (keep it short and sweet)

3.  Be original

4.  Show that your business has traction Read the other tips.

For me the accelerators in the Philippines would be the tiangge/viajeros.  I have talked to one of their leaders and really they have great ideas, and had mentored many entrepreneurs.  I am taking great interest in handling tiangges, tiangge malls because it helps a great deal of entrepreneurs, and you develop a lot of networks, and money too.

It is a brutal test.  And a rewarding place to be if you can sell and have a lot of followers/customers

Fwd: Are you really ready to launch a startup?

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