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My Experience with Startups, Incubators and Accelerators

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Arjun Pillai
Arjun Pillai

This was a 20 minutes presentation given at Startup Saturday Kochi by Headstart Network. This talks about my experiences with Microsoft ventures, Startup Chile, Startup Village and Blackbox Connect.

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My Experience with Incubators & Accelerators Arjun R Pillai Founder & CEO, Vibeapp.co
Stop me & ask your questions
AcceleratorIncubator
Rejected first and then accepted
Epiphany
Tangibles Majorly MS Ventures Co-working spaces
Intangibles Investors Customers Mentors Peer startups Food, Parties, FUN J Gyan • Experience Sharing • Motivation • Peer pres. • Discipline
• Equity Vs. Fund + Other Value • Carefully see ‘50K services’. • ‘Investor partnership’ • ‘Demo day’ - mostly hype only. • Don’t count too much on ‘Mentoring’ • accel/Incub focusing on your industry. • Ask how will they get you customers?
How to find
If you are a first-time Entrepreneur, I recommend an Incubator/Accelerator
We are Hiring!
https://vibeapp.co/ arjun@profoundis.com @hellovibe fb.com/hellovibe

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