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presentation used for an info session about our accelerator in Mountain View, CATRANSCRIPT
Accelerator Info Session
Agenda
Presentation Q&A Networking
GLOBAL SEED FUND
450 Investments
ACCELERATOR
150 Investments
DIRECT
300 Investments
OPS
CORE
GLOBAL
VENTURES/ EVENTS/ ACCELERATOR/WORKSPACE/
FINANCE*AccountingBudget
LEGAL*FundsPortfolio
MARKETING*Press RelationsDesign
TECH*DashboardTools
500 Startups Fund I500 Startups Fund II500 StartupWallah500 Luchadores
BR Innovators7x7MamaBearSales 4 StartupsWarmGunDemo Day
Mountain ViewMexico City
Mountain ViewMexico CityNew York City
GUILD/Mentor NetworkFounder NetworkLP Network
HUBS
SILICON VALLEY
NEW YORK CITY
MEXICO CITYSO PAOLO
DELHI
HQAcceleratorEvents
Workspace
AcceleratorWorkspaceEvents
Events
EventsEvents
DATADESIGN
DISTRIBUTION
Accelerator
investment 30 companies / twice a year 5 batches since 2011 Global Work @ 500 office for 4 months in startup mecca 500 team + 500 founders + 500 mentors
Speakers
Jeff Lawson, Twilio Josh Elman, Greylock Aaron Batalion, LivingSocial Yshan Wong , Reddit Andy Johns, Quora Justin Wong, Mochi Media George Takei (Sulu), Star Trek Nir Eyal, AdNector Tim Chae, PostRocket Christine Herron, Intel Capital
Naval Ravikant, AngelList Jeff Clavier, SoftTech VC Sami Inkinen, Trulia Enrique Allen, Designer Fund Jon Dahl, Zencoder/Brightcove Rob LaFave, Foodzie Mike Greenfield, Circle of Moms TJ Sassani, Zozi Julie Zhou, Hipmunk Sukhiner Singh Cassidy, Joyus
Mentors
200 Mentors Operators / Founders
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ThematicConsumer & Commerce (ex. zozi, 9GAG, Ipsy, Barkbox, Makerbot)
SMB / SaaS (ex. LucidChart, Recurly, Crocodoc)
Family Tech (ex. ecomom, Kiwi Crate, Red Tricycle)
Education (ex. Udemy, MindSnacks, Chalkable)
Marketing / Distribution services (ex. Wildfire, FanBridge, Reachli)
Video Content & Infrastructure (ex. Zencoder, Virool, Vungle)
Language / International (ex. Gengo, Babelverse, Language Cloud)
Mobile / Tablet (ex. Elacarte, SearchMan, AppStack)
Financial Services / Payments (ex. Credit Karma, ReadyForZero, Simple)
Food Tech (ex. Kitchit, LoveWithFood, Ordr.in)
Timeline
Applications open till 11:59 PST March 1st Interviews March 1st to March 22nd Finalists will be decided March 25th Program starts April 15th
https://angel.co/500startups
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Recommendations from #500strong network
In Summary
Global mindset Solving a problem You have a product Revenue > Eyeballs You having something to prove apply via AngelList but leverage your connections
Questions?