Startany webinar with Andrea Barrica, venture partner at 500 Startups, that took place on December 23, 2015.

1. Lessons from Silicon Valley:
How to Get Into 500 Startups (or
YC, Techstars, Angelpad)

2. Who Am I
• Partner, 500 Startups
• Mentor at 20+ Startup
Accelerators in
US/Europe/Israel
• Board/Advisory Board
Member @ 8 companies
• 10.5 Year Ex-Yahoo! Executive

3. 500 Startups: Global Seed Fund

4. “Accelerators are the New MBA.”

5. Accelerator Fund

6. “The Most Important thing is the
Clarity of the Idea.”

7. Learn to Tell Your Story

8. Articulation of Problem You Are
Solving

9. Size of Market

10. What’s Your Secret

11. Tight, Crisp Answers

12. Competition

13. Differentiation

14. Hustle & Sense of Urgency

15. Customer Sets & Understanding

16. “I think having a great idea is vastly
overrated. I know it sounds kind of
crazy and counterintuitive. I don't
think it matters what the idea is,
almost. You need great execution.”

17. Data & Traction

18. Customer Acquisition Strategy & Unit
Economics

19. Balanced Teams

20. Cultural Fit

21. Vision: Is this Worth Fighting For?

22. “The majority of accelerators are
not good for companies and will fail.
There are too many of them. The
idea of applying to just any
accelerator is totally silly. A company
should do homework and figure out
which one is right for them.”