Dream It
JULY 31, 2019
NOT spending time on the accelerator building the product. The most valuable resource the accelerator provides is the network, so use all my time to navigate that network. Being self-sustainable has given us a new perspective on startup funding, especially compared to what I experienced on my first accelerator run.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 21, 2011
So as I get around the country speaking at college campus in 2010 & 2011 I have been preaching the same theme. But what I do see in the market in 2011 is way too many “me too&# solutions where a bunch of founders have brainstormed a way to do a better GroupOn, a better GiltGroupe, a better Twitter or a better Quora.
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Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. Contrary to some press reporting, the boom in startups, the creation of accelerators and seed funds as well as the deserved popularity of AngelList do not signal doom for our industry. By 2010-2011 this had shrunk by half again, averaging under $15 billion.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
DECEMBER 22, 2017
Aaron Lee is the CEO and founder of iluma Agency (formerly Illuminati Studios) and joined EO South Florida in 2011. . I joined EO Accelerator in 2009, when I owned a business and my business owned me. My company is now four times larger in staff and nearly 10 times larger in revenue than when I began EO Accelerator.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 15, 2023
Amid these turbulent times, the VC accelerator industry has emerged as a stalwart player. Angel investments in 2022 equaled those from 2006 to 2011 combined. Importantly, the traditional accelerator model has enjoyed the fruits of these potential paradigm shifts. Crowdfunding witnessed a 2.4x growth from 2020 to 2021.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 12, 2013
In 2011 the company was sold to Nordstrom for $270 million in a deal that has been widely seen as a success for both buyer and seller. He co-founded a prominent accelerator in Los Angeles called MuckerLab , that has produced a number of impressive companies and he mentored more than 20 of them.
This is going to be BIG.
JUNE 19, 2012
3/15/2011 – All in on Facebook, “Your Trusted Social Media Marketing Company” Social Media Platform. 7/19/2011 – Same page, but Wayback Machine stops crawling pages. 8/15/2011 – The day that Buddy Media became a software company? 8/31/2010 – Same thing.
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