Overview of Mozilla WebFWD Accelerator program.

1. Mozilla’s Open Source Accelerator

2. INTRODUCING…
WebFWD helps open source innovators
create businesses to change the world.

3. WHAT ARE WE OFFERING?
– Three-month curriculum to transform your
project into a sustainable business
– Weekly training sessions & exercises
– Office hours with industry experts across various business
disciplines
– Ongoing coaching and guidance from the world's best
technologists
– Opportunity for funding from Mozilla upon
completion of the program
– Worldwide reach: Our teams span the globe,
participating wherever they are (examples: UK,
France, India, Germany)
– Next class: Every 3 months!

4. SOME OF OUR TEAMS

5. TEAM SUCCESSES
– Successful funding raising $85K+ USD (2
Kickstarter campaigns) and $360K+ (Shuttleworth
Foundation)
– Over 300K consumer downloads (Tomahawk)
– Corporate trials with BMW, BrightRoll
(buddycloud)
– Localization in over 35 countries (BigBlueButton)
– Press from the New York Times, TechCrunch, The
Verge, Wired, MTV, The Next Web & ReadWriteWeb
& more.
– Early adoption of Mozilla technology including
Persona, Popcorn.js and Apps Marketplace

6. WHO WE ARE
Diane Bisgeier Didem Ersoz
and…
_ 50+ Mentors
_ 25+ Scouts in 14
countries
_ World-class partners
_ Scads of Mozillians
Pascal Finette _ Countless volunteers

7. WE WANT YOU!
– Entrepreneurs: Interested in building the
future of the open web? Apply Now!
– Connectors: Know potential teams? Go to
events? Want to spread the word? Be a Scout!
– Communicators: Want to share the love?
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