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1. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! ACCELERATORS AS AN API PAUL SINGH 500 Startups @paulsinghɾpaul@500startups.comɾangel.co/paulsingh
2. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! 500 STARTUPS GETTING TO KNOW BECAUSE WE’RE KIND OF A BIG DEAL PAUL SINGH @paulsinghɾpaul@500startups.comɾangel.co/paulsingh
3. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! API TO VENTURE CAPITAL & FUNCTIONAL EXPERTISE THE BIG OPPORTUNITY IN EARLY STAGE TECH INVESTING: (FOR FOUNDERS. FOR INVESTORS. FOR GOVERNMENT.)
4. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! BUILD SOMETHING PEOPLE WANT FOUNDERS:
5. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! WRITE CHECKS AND ADD VALUE INVESTORS:
6. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! MAKE LIFE EASY FOR INVESTORS & FOUNDERS GOVERNMENT:
7. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! VENTURE CAPITAL IS OPEN TO ATTACK BY DISRUPTIVE NEW BUSINESS MODELS AND TECHNOLOGY. “ -- NAVAL RAVIKANT (@naval)
8. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! (R)EVOLUTION IN THINKING
9. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! EARLY STAGE STARTUPS HAVE CHANGED
10. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! STARTUP COSTS LOWER THAN EVER BUT SCALING STILL COSTS MONEY CLOUD, OPEN SOURCE AND ONLINE DISTRIBUTION DRIVING
11. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! WEB GETS BIGGER. WORLD GETS SMALLER.
12. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! TRACTION IS THE NEW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PLATFORMS (SEARCH, SOCIAL & MOBILE) PRIMARILY DRIVING THE CHANGE. NO LONGER “GOOD ENOUGH” TO DEPEND ON TECH DIFFERENTIATION.
13. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! CAPITAL INCREASINGLY COMMODITIZED RISE OF THE ANGELS, YO!
14. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! NEW REALITY: MONEY FOLLOWS FOUNDERS
15. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! EARLY STAGE VC IS CHANGING HAS CHANGED
16. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! STATE OF THE ART IN EARLY STAGE INVESTING IS NOT VERY SOPHISTICATED TRUST REFERRALS. MOVE FAST. KEEP LEGAL/FINANCE SIMPLE. BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER INVESTORS, SYNDICATE EVERYTHING.
17. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! DIFFERENTIATE VIA ACCESS TO FUNCTIONAL EXPERTISE 500 METHOD: FOCUS ON DESIGN, DATA, DISTRIBUTION. INVEST IN DEVELOPMENT OF TOOLS TO CONNECT FOUNDERS AND MENTORS.
18. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! PRO TIP FOUNDERS NEVER CALL A VC “JUST” TO ASK HOW THEY’RE DOING FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY WANT, THEN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
19. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! THE MANAGEMENT TEAM ISN’T THE DECISION MAKING TEAM. IT’S A SUPPORT FUNCTION. “ -- JOEL SPOLSKY (@spolsky)
20. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! API TO VENTURE CAPITAL & FUNCTIONAL EXPERTISE THE BIG OPPORTUNITY IN EARLY STAGE TECH INVESTING: (FOR FOUNDERS. FOR INVESTORS. FOR GOVERNMENT.)
21. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! 500.co/challenge
22. 500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! ACCELERATORS AS AN API PAUL SINGH 500 Startups @paulsinghɾpaul@500startups.comɾangel.co/paulsingh