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500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! ACCELERATORS AS AN API PAUL SINGH 500 Startups @paulsingh・paul@500startups.com・angel.co/paulsingh
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! GETTING TO KNOW 500 STARTUPS BECAUSE WE’RE KIND OF A BIG DEAL PAUL SINGH @paulsingh・paul@500startups.com・angel.co/paulsingh
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! THE BIG OPPORTUNITY IN EARLY STAGE TECH INVESTING: API TO VENTURE CAPITAL & FUNCTIONAL EXPERTISE (FOR FOUNDERS. FOR INVESTORS. FOR GOVERNMENT.)
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! FOUNDERS: BUILD SOMETHING PEOPLE WANT
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! INVESTORS: WRITE CHECKS AND ADD VALUE
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! GOVERNMENT: MAKE LIFE EASY FOR INVESTORS & FOUNDERS
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! “ VENTURE CAPITAL IS OPEN TO ATTACK BY DISRUPTIVE NEW BUSINESS MODELS AND TECHNOLOGY. -- NAVAL RAVIKANT (@naval)
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! (R)EVOLUTION IN THINKING
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! EARLY STAGE STARTUPS HAVE CHANGED
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! CLOUD, OPEN SOURCE AND ONLINE DISTRIBUTION DRIVING STARTUP COSTS LOWER THAN EVERBUT SCALING STILL COSTS MONEY
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! WEB GETS BIGGER. WORLD GETS SMALLER.
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! TRACTION IS THE NEW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PLATFORMS (SEARCH, SOCIAL & MOBILE) PRIMARILY DRIVING THE CHANGE. NO LONGER “GOOD ENOUGH” TO DEPEND ON TECH DIFFERENTIATION.
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! CAPITAL INCREASINGLY COMMODITIZED RISE OF THE ANGELS, YO!
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! NEW REALITY: MONEY FOLLOWS FOUNDERS
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! EARLY STAGE VC IS CHANGING HAS CHANGED
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! STATE OF THE ART IN EARLY STAGE INVESTING IS NOT VERY SOPHISTICATED TRUST REFERRALS. MOVE FAST. KEEP LEGAL/FINANCE SIMPLE. BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER INVESTORS, SYNDICATE EVERYTHING.
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! DIFFERENTIATE VIA ACCESS TO FUNCTIONAL EXPERTISE 500 METHOD: FOCUS ON DESIGN, DATA, DISTRIBUTION. INVEST IN DEVELOPMENT OF TOOLS TO CONNECT FOUNDERS AND MENTORS.
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! PRO TIP FOUNDERS NEVER CALL A VC “JUST” TO ASK HOW THEY’RE DOING FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY WANT, THEN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! “THE MANAGEMENT TEAM ISN’T THE DECISION MAKING TEAM. IT’S A SUPPORT FUNCTION. -- JOEL SPOLSKY (@spolsky)
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! THE BIG OPPORTUNITY IN EARLY STAGE TECH INVESTING: API TO VENTURE CAPITAL & FUNCTIONAL EXPERTISE (FOR FOUNDERS. FOR INVESTORS. FOR GOVERNMENT.)
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! 500.co/challenge
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! ACCELERATORS AS AN API PAUL SINGH 500 Startups @paulsingh・paul@500startups.com・angel.co/paulsingh

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Accelerators as an API (Vancouver Aug 2012)

  • 1. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! ACCELERATORS AS AN API PAUL SINGH 500 Startups @paulsingh・paul@500startups.com・angel.co/paulsingh
  • 2. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! GETTING TO KNOW 500 STARTUPS BECAUSE WE’RE KIND OF A BIG DEAL PAUL SINGH @paulsingh・paul@500startups.com・angel.co/paulsingh
  • 3. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! THE BIG OPPORTUNITY IN EARLY STAGE TECH INVESTING: API TO VENTURE CAPITAL & FUNCTIONAL EXPERTISE (FOR FOUNDERS. FOR INVESTORS. FOR GOVERNMENT.)
  • 4. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! FOUNDERS: BUILD SOMETHING PEOPLE WANT
  • 5. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! INVESTORS: WRITE CHECKS AND ADD VALUE
  • 6. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! GOVERNMENT: MAKE LIFE EASY FOR INVESTORS & FOUNDERS
  • 7. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! “ VENTURE CAPITAL IS OPEN TO ATTACK BY DISRUPTIVE NEW BUSINESS MODELS AND TECHNOLOGY. -- NAVAL RAVIKANT (@naval)
  • 8. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! (R)EVOLUTION IN THINKING
  • 9. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! EARLY STAGE STARTUPS HAVE CHANGED
  • 10. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! CLOUD, OPEN SOURCE AND ONLINE DISTRIBUTION DRIVING STARTUP COSTS LOWER THAN EVERBUT SCALING STILL COSTS MONEY
  • 11. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! WEB GETS BIGGER. WORLD GETS SMALLER.
  • 12. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! TRACTION IS THE NEW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PLATFORMS (SEARCH, SOCIAL & MOBILE) PRIMARILY DRIVING THE CHANGE. NO LONGER “GOOD ENOUGH” TO DEPEND ON TECH DIFFERENTIATION.
  • 13. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! CAPITAL INCREASINGLY COMMODITIZED RISE OF THE ANGELS, YO!
  • 14. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! NEW REALITY: MONEY FOLLOWS FOUNDERS
  • 15. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! EARLY STAGE VC IS CHANGING HAS CHANGED
  • 16. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! STATE OF THE ART IN EARLY STAGE INVESTING IS NOT VERY SOPHISTICATED TRUST REFERRALS. MOVE FAST. KEEP LEGAL/FINANCE SIMPLE. BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER INVESTORS, SYNDICATE EVERYTHING.
  • 17. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! DIFFERENTIATE VIA ACCESS TO FUNCTIONAL EXPERTISE 500 METHOD: FOCUS ON DESIGN, DATA, DISTRIBUTION. INVEST IN DEVELOPMENT OF TOOLS TO CONNECT FOUNDERS AND MENTORS.
  • 18. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! PRO TIP FOUNDERS NEVER CALL A VC “JUST” TO ASK HOW THEY’RE DOING FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY WANT, THEN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
  • 19. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! “THE MANAGEMENT TEAM ISN’T THE DECISION MAKING TEAM. IT’S A SUPPORT FUNCTION. -- JOEL SPOLSKY (@spolsky)
  • 20. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! THE BIG OPPORTUNITY IN EARLY STAGE TECH INVESTING: API TO VENTURE CAPITAL & FUNCTIONAL EXPERTISE (FOR FOUNDERS. FOR INVESTORS. FOR GOVERNMENT.)
  • 21. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! 500.co/challenge
  • 22. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! ACCELERATORS AS AN API PAUL SINGH 500 Startups @paulsingh・paul@500startups.com・angel.co/paulsingh