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How to be
NOT SUCCESSFUL
in an “accelerator”
Sadjad Fallah
Co-founder of lendem
+
Co-founder of drupz.ir
What’s lendem?
A mobile based social network
that helps people share their belongings and recommendations.
The team
Mohammad Tootia
Management
Mohammad Sadjad Fallah
Technical
Omid Jafari
UI/UX
How it all started
Our journey at avatech
The experience of being in the first cycle
workshops, mentoring and pitch sessions
University, best place to find users
Building the product before selection day
Our first version of the application
We got accepted in the selection day
We started recruiting (very fast)
Until we became a big team
Building versions (second)
Designing what we thought would work
Giving it one last try before demoday (Third Version)
Tried to market it - won some prizes
Demoday lendem style
But what we had to struggle with
Term sheet
Executive summary
Registering the company
Valuation
Milestone based forecasts
...
So what went wrong?
Lendem is the only team in avatech so far that
graduated and didn’t get investment
What I learned from my experience (Not to do)
No 1
In anywhere except silicon valley,
you must make money
No 2
Listen to the ones that talk harsh
No 3
Be Lean, Execute fast
No 4
Nobody cares more than yourself
No 5
Prizes are not success
No 6
Don’t let acceleration program waste your time
They are here to accelerate you
No 7
Don’t grow your team to soon
No 8
Know what state your startup is currently in
No 9
Never dump your products too soon
No 10
Have the skills you need in the founding team
No 11
Never stop learning
Thank you all for your time
Any questions?

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How to be NOT SUCCESSFUL in an “accelerator”