The document discusses startup accelerators and their history, components, and benefits. It describes how accelerators help build innovation and entrepreneur networks to share knowledge. Accelerators provide startups with mentors, investors, and resources to develop customers and business models using models like customer development and lean startup. They benefit startups, investors, and mentors by respectively helping startups develop, lowering investment risk for investors through screening, and allowing mentors to have social impact and share expertise.

1. <Meta> startup organizations
i.e. accelerator programs
Department of Computer Engineering & Informatics
University of Patras
Spiros Kapetanakis Co-Founder @ CoLab Athens

2. Outline
• Networks
– Innovation networks
– Entrepreneurs networks
– Share knowledge
• Accelerator History
• Accelerator components
• Resource providers
• Accelerator Benefits

3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpersonal_ties

4. Social Graph

5. Accelerator History

6. European Accelerators
Found in 2012
Amsterdam, Netherlands
8% equity
15 000 funding
10 teams in each batch

7. More than 300 Programs Globally

8. Accelerator components
Startup Program Mentors
Investors

9. Customer Development model
Steve Blank http://www.startup-book.com/2011/08/31/steve-blank-customer-development/

10. The Lean Startup

12. Business Canvas

13. The Accelerator Cycle
Awareness
Application
Program
Demo Day

14. Resource provider
Academy
Accelerators
Funding
Accelerators
Corporate responsibilities
Accelerator Program

15. Accelerator Benefits
Startup
• Customer
development
• Business
model
Investor
• Lower risk
• 1st Screening
Mentors
• Social impact
• Share
Knowledge