This document discusses various startup support programs including accelerators, incubators, and co-working spaces. Accelerators offer structured startup programs that are either full-time or part-time, helping startups develop products and make contacts with mentors and other founders. Incubators provide space, investment, and connections within a specific industry theme. Co-working spaces offer flexible short-term leases, as well as peer and mentor connections. The document advises founders to evaluate what stage and needs their startup has to determine the best fit program.

1. Accelerators & Incubators
Dave Parker
@DaveParkerSEA
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3. Agenda
• WELCOME!
• About Dave
• The Ecosystem
• Your Lifecycle
• Accelerators/Incubators/Co-Working
• Programs

4. About Dave
• Director, Founder Institute Seattle
• Serial Entrepreneur – started 4, sold 2,
closed 1, 1 operating.
• Board Member – sold 4, on 4
• VC for three years
• Advisory Board Member

5. Who are you?

6. The Startup Ecosystem
• Sponsors
• Groups & Organization
– NWEN, Meetups
• Programs& Events
– Universities, Startup Weekend, Hack-a-thons,
Accelerators, Incubators
• Resources
– Startup City, Startup Calendar

7. Ecosystem, Cont.
• Media
• Investors & Angels
– Angel.co, AoA, K4, VCs
– Angel List, Gust
• Service Providers
– Investment Bankers, Accounting
• Hanger’s On
• Leeches

8. Definitions
• Incubators
CrashDev post
• Accelerators
• Niche – clean tech, health care, mobile
• Location – state, national, international
• Invest Cash or Pay Course Fee
• Single vs. Co-Founder
• Full Time vs. Part Time
• Co-Working Spaces – space +

9. What Do You Want?
• Lifestyle Business?
• Services Business?
• Scalable Business?
• Will you need capital?
• What do you need before capital?
• What’s your Golazo?

10. Where Are You?
Pre- Pre- Pre-
Ideas Product Revenue

11. What do you need?
• Blocking & Tackling? Incorporation, research,
Exec Summary, financial model, demo
• Team? Some programs require co-founders
• Network? Peers & Mentors
• Investment? Only after you have a product!
• Coaching? When you have a model and $$

12. Programs

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14. Incubators
• Space
• Investment
• Themes
• Peers

15. Accelerators
• Structured Program or Outcome
• Full time – 500 Startups / Tech Stars
• Part time – Founder Institute
• Product Demo
• Peer Contacts
– Think B-School grads
• Mentor Contacts
– Hard contacts are still hard to get a hold of

16. Co-Working Space
• Short term lease – Flexible Space
– Surf, TheHub, Hacker Dojo
• Peers
• Mentors

17. Check List
 Idea Stage
 Customer Validation
 Team Status
 MVP & Product
 Blocking and Tackling
 Space

18. Q&A

19. thank you

20. Supporting Slides

21. NWEN
Meetups
Tech Stars
Founder Institute
Idea(s) POC Product Revenue Scale

23. Notes
• Stage of your startup
• FI takes the pain out of
– Spreadsheets, incorporations,
– Focus on problem, solution and product
• Geeks on a train/plane
• Lean – Reis
• Niche specific incubators – gaming healthcare
• Local, State, National, International