The Creative Startups Accelerator offers a six-week course for founders focusing on entrepreneurship, creativity, business modeling, and financial management, with a fee of $695 per founder. The program includes mentorship, materials, and food, with a potential $50,000 funding pool decided by pitch day votes. Applications are evaluated based on passion, creativity, team fit, and market understanding, encouraging diverse and committed teams.

1. Applying to Creative
Startups Accelerator?
Here’s what you
need to know…

2. Our mission is your success.

6. 6 Week Course
Module 1:
Intro to
Entrepreneurship
Module 2:
Creativity,
Innovation, and
Design Thinking
Module 3:
Business Plans
and Business
Models
Module 4:
Market Research
and Building
Your Business
Model
Module 5:
Customer
Discovery &
Validation
Module 6:
Building Cash Flow
Projections,
Understanding
Financial
Statements
Module 7:
Accounting and
Financial
Mamagement
Module 8:
Successfully
Partnering with
Investors
Module 9:
Valuing a Business,
Liquidity, Exits,
IPO’s, M&A
Module 10:
Strategic
Partnerships
Module 11:
Negotiation,
Contracts and
Legal Issues
Module 12:
Recruiting,
Hiring,
Compensation

8. 5 Day
Deep
Dive

10. Key 2015 Dates
July 10 applications close
July 31st applicants notified
Aug 15th deposits due
Aug 31st 6 week course starts
Oct 26 -31st Deep Dive

11. What About the Fee?
$695 per founder, $13,800 value per founder
0% equity
Six-week course, mentorship, all materials,
hotel, food
What About the $50,000?
Revolving pool
Everyone votes on Pitch Day
We work with winners to structure a
mutually beneficial deal

12. Applications will be judged on:
1. The founders' passion and vision to grow the
company;
2. The creative ideas behind your startup;
3. Why your team is right for the market
opportunity you're pursuing;
4. Why your team is right for the Creative
Startups Accelerator;
5. What contribution your team will make to the
Creative Startups community and network.

13. Technology

14. Special exceptions considered
Basics
Founders apply.
Teams are encouraged.
All founders will participate.*
Founders’ roles show diversity in skills or
knowledge.
Team has solid market understanding, customer
understanding.

15. Basics
Team has solid market understanding, customer
understanding.
Scalable business in growing market category.
Passion for design/art/technology.
Making progress, achieving milestones.

16. Basics
Determined to scale the venture.
Interested in growth financing -- if necessary.
Excited to push limits – knowledge, skills,
abilities, networks, everything!

17. Video
Original for Creative Startups.
Not selecting for film quality.
We are looking for creative teams passionate
about the market opportunity and the potential
to “go beyond” with Creative Startups.

18. Be yourself.
Everyone else is taken.
~ Oscar Wilde

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