#Acceleratorprogram

[nancyliles]

🏫 Excited that my graduate alma mater is opening spots for the Women in Entrepreneurship Institute. Check out their Outcomes Snapshot. 💪 #DePaulUniversity —— Calling women entrepreneurs: the Women in Entrepreneurship Institute is currently accepting applications for the fourth cohort of their Business Accelerator Program through Jan. 24. All Chicago-based companies that are 51%-plus women-owned with annual revenues between $50,000 and $1,000,000 are welcome to apply. Designed and delivered by successful women entrepreneurs, the program prepares founders to bring their businesses to market or scale into new markets. Businesses that have gone through the program have remained open despite the COVID-19 pandemic, with 75% remaining profitable. Apply here: http://ow.ly/Ufa850D2p9w or visit go.depaul.edu/WEI to learn more about the program. #womensupportingwomen #womenentrepreneurs #entrepreneurship #acceleratorprogram (at DePaul University) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJxJkS7Hmqr/?igshid=1d6a30tuhoopg

[kburrow]

Our #startup and #entrepreneurshipeducation program is expanding to #global #virtuallearning #workshops #venturecapital #businessmodel #acceleratorprogram https://www.instagram.com/p/B-9qhqog9hL/?igshid=18ghkgsgvchzd

[marleneavaldez-blog]

Tips For Business Growth

Tips For Business Growth

What does it mean to “grow your business”?

Is it the same thing as increasing profits, the bottom line? Or does it mean increasing sales, the top line? It's important to understand the relationship between these two approaches to business "growth" and how they fit into the evolution of your business. For example, if you're approaching the day when you want to sell your business, improving your bottom line via efficiencies and other strategies may be the most ideal way of "growing" your business. I say this because a coordinated effort to increase overall sales in the short term could make you look less profitable to potential buyers and your selling price would be pushed down. However, if you're younger and eager to see your piece of the pie develop substantially, you may be totally comfortable living with a dip in profits while you grow new areas and/or new items.  

Near-term small business growth tips:

  Analyse the performance of your sales team. If they aren't meeting your expectations, or they are showing indications of ambivalence, shake things up. Bring in new blood working on commission as it were. Write down everything you do and categorize these tasks. Find tasks that you can delegate to others or outsource. Reconsider purchasing and check whether you can enhance the deals you are getting from your vendors. Enhance your accounts receivable ratio. Look at repetitive tasks you and your team perform. Do they all have procedures written for them? Perceive how they can be accomplished more rapidly and make certain you have procedures that capture the most productive ways of accomplishing repetitive tasks. Make certain that you allow these procedures to be enhanced after some time; don't fall victim to the "We've never done it like that here" mentality. Audit your small business listings on the Internet. See if there are any places where you should be listed but aren't. Make sure listings are accurate. Check your Google surveys. Encourage customers to audit your business on Google. Launch a customer referral program. Reward existing customers for bringing you new business. Launch a customer loyalty program.  

Medium-term small business growth tips:

  Research your local competitors and similar businesses in other areas. Find out if any proprietors may approach retirement age or there are other reasons they should want to sell. Talk to mutual suppliers to see if any may be in financial trouble. Survey your customers and find out what other products or services they need. See if there are any of your suppliers that might be ripe for a buyout.  

Long-term small business growth tips:

  Talk to city and regional planners to discover the areas that are slated for new development. Should you prepare to expand to any of these areas, or perhaps relocate to a bigger facility? Talk to real estate professionals to find neighbourhoods in transition. For example, if a low-income area is beginning to be "gentrified," it frequently means that young families with children will before long turn into the prominent demographic. Also, look at aging neighbourhoods, they can "turn over" to younger, affluent families.   As you can see, some of these points take a lot of research and thought. Be sure you do enough of the items in the “near-term small-business growth” menu to have the time to dedicate to planning for your future. That’s a task you should never delegate.     We will help you grow your business. For more details Contact us now.       Read the full article

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How Do I Look?!  Women in Workplace x Innovative Products

by Hansa Wongsiripitack 

Innovation and technology plays a big role to in making our lives better in so many different ways. At SXSW this year, there’s a raft of innovative prototypes on show that target a key demographic: working women.  Today I visited Panasonic House @ SXSW where they showcase a series of new products inspired by Panasonic’s young intrapreneurs under the company’s “Game Changer - Catapult” accelerator program. 

Their Social Appearance Coaching Device caught my eye:  this has been developed to help train ‘social wellness’ to working women in order to make them be comfortable and confident in every situation. This device will monitor verbal / non-verbal language so you can get a better understanding of your personality type and develop your communication skills. Then, you set a goal via a mobile app and get real-time feedback during the day, with prompts to work on weak points and updates on the progress you have made toward your personal goals. 

First-time SXSW participant Shiseido, meanwhile, has introduced Telebeauty, a supportive tool that would be very helpful for the mothers working from home. This real-time make up simulation app will link with Skype and allows women to ‘do’ makeup for a sudden online meeting with just one click. 

Further down the trade show floor, I came across Neko Electro, a furry bow headband with sensor and vibration that can help correct your posture for better health and appearance. When you are in the wrong posture, the ears will tip down and vibrate then will tip up when you adjust to the good posture. This project is under Todai to Texas (TTT) program run by The University of Tokyo as SXSW product showcase’s accelerator program.  

It might not be something I’d run out and buy, in it’s current ‘Kawaii’ form, but if they come out with a more sophisticated headband version, it might be useful reminder for working women who find themselves slouched over the keyboard all day as to watch their back!

I’m excited to see more innovative products created for diverse target groups; what’s more, I’m super happy to see more & more women her at south-by on trade show floor.   We need more girl power in tech, and it’s great to see a wide range of women participating in innovation and technology industry.  

Hansa Wongsiripitack is JWT’s SEA Head of Digital, based on Bangkok

[efishery-blog]

Berkembang Bersama di Alltech’s Pearse Lyons Accelerator

eFishery is one of the startups that are invited to Pearse Lyons’s Accelerator Program. We’re so excited with this opportunity. Check out the full story here, specially brought to you by our intern, Riri:

eFishery kembali meraih prestasi. Setelah bersaing dengan 183 start-up lainnya yang berasal dari 38 negara berbeda, eFishery berhasil terpilih menjadi satu dari 10 peserta program Pearse Lyons’s Accelerator Program di Dublin, Irlandia.

Selain eFishery, startup lainnya adalah MagGrow, Moocall (Irlandia), SkySquirrell (Kanada), AgriWebb (Australia), Agrilyst (Amerika Serikat), Greengage (Inggris), Alesca Life (Tiongkok), Hargol FoodTech dan Tevatronic (Israel). Sebagai satu-satunya startup dari Indonesia, tentunya hal ini menjadi kebanggaan tersendiri bagi kami.

Pearse Lyons, CEO Alltech.

Pearse Lyons’s Accelerator merupakan program mentorship yang diselenggarakan oleh Alltech, sebuah perusahaan inovasi bioteknologi asal Irlandia yang berdiri sejak 1980. Berdurasi 4 bulan, program ini sejalan dengan visi Alltech untuk memajukan dunia agrikultur. Dengan program ini, diharapkan para pemain baru di bidang agrikultur terpacu pertumbuhan bisnisnya.

Looking good, there, Mr. COO!

Selain sesi mentoring dari berbagai pakar agrikultur, teknologi, dan bisnis dunia, melalui program ini para peserta akan diberikan working space selama program berlangsung oleh Dogpatch Labs yang sekaligus merupakan partner Alltech dalam program accelerator. Peserta juga mendapatkan sejumlah funding dari Google, Amazon, dan Softplayer.

Tidak hanya itu, peserta juga mendapat kesempatan pitching di depan 3000 lebih pelanggan, investor, jurnalis, dan juga pakar agribisnis pada konferensi ONE: The Alltech Ideas yang akan diselenggarakan pada 21-24 Mei 2017 di Amerika Serikat. Konferensi yang merupakan salah satu konferensi agribisnis terbesar di dunia ini juga sekaligus menjadi acara puncak dari Alltech’s Pearse Lyons Accelerator.

Selama tanggal 20 - 24 Februari kemarin, sesi pertama dari program accelerator ini telah diselenggarakan. Sesi pertama ini berisi pengenalan mengenai Alltech dan Dogpatch Labs, 1-on-1 goal setting dengan Alltech dan Dogpatch Labs. Dua sesi selanjutnya, masing-masing di bulan Maret dan April, masih akan diselenggarakan di Dublin, Irlandia. Sedangkan untuk sesi terakhir (sesi konferensi) akan diselenggarakan pada bulan Mei di Kentucky, Amerika Serikat.

Semangat terus eFishery team! This shows that we run on a right track!

Semangat juga untuk COO kami, Rully Setya Purnama, yang akan menjadi perwakilan eFishery untuk program accelerator ini selama empat bulan kedepan. Bolak-balik luar negeri terus nih, Pak! Oleh-oleh buat kami yang di Indonesia jangan lupa ya, Pak.

[evolutionaccelerator]

Evolution’s expertise delivers high-caliber expertise to its startups ranging from from the application of mass production techniques to startup funding. Funding startups in batches is not only more efficient, but also better for founders and for the investors.

How we get Results

Through our “path of accuracy” strategy, Evolution focuses primarily on startups developing disruptive or cost-efficient sustainable innovations & companies that keep cost low and estimated ROI’s high.

Evolution aligns the relationship between startup and investor by providing hands-on guidance and real-world operational experience. 

Through our extensive networks, we are able to make a real difference from day one!

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Join AppWell Health on March 30, 2021, for a complimentary online seminar on "How to get funding for my healthcare startup." Registration here.

[hyphenscs]

While representing Hyphen SCS at the MassChallenge Israel, Arun Pandit ® met Cuspa CEO Ariel Weigler.

One in eight people over 75 have valvular heart disease (VHD).

An innovative and economical artificial cusp made by Cuspa is intended to close the regurgitant orifice in cases of valve insufficiency while preserving normal valve function.

The Cusper device provides a minimally invasive option for treating valve insufficiency, focusing on aortic insufficiency in a straightforward, intuitive procedure that is anticipated to benefit a patient population with few other options.

Best wishes!

Visit hyphenscs.com to know more!

#hyphenscs #arunpandit #arielweigler #cuspa #masschallengeisrael #vhd #medicaldevices #heart #masschallengeisrael #masschallenge #innovation #ceo #cohort #acceleratorprogram #israel #startupdiary #startupindia

[simplicityrealestate]

GuideWell Innovation partnered with Springboard Enterprises to choose 11 health tech companies founded by women to participate in two new accelerator programs.

[nancyliles]

🏫 Excited that my graduate alma mater is opening spots for the Women in Entrepreneurship Institute. Check out their Outcomes Snapshot. 💪 #DePaulUniversity —— Calling women entrepreneurs: the Women in Entrepreneurship Institute is currently accepting applications for the fourth cohort of their Business Accelerator Program through Jan. 24. All Chicago-based companies that are 51%-plus women-owned with annual revenues between $50,000 and $1,000,000 are welcome to apply. Designed and delivered by successful women entrepreneurs, the program prepares founders to bring their businesses to market or scale into new markets. Businesses that have gone through the program have remained open despite the COVID-19 pandemic, with 75% remaining profitable. Apply here: http://ow.ly/Ufa850D2p9w or visit go.depaul.edu/WEI to learn more about the program. #womensupportingwomen #womenentrepreneurs #entrepreneurship #acceleratorprogram (at DePaul University) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJxJcOCH63b/?igshid=wemcj1xo6abt

[networkexplosion]

We’re a busy bunch today with an all day client meeting, Akro accelerator visits, and work as usual. With all the activity, we don’t have our usual #funfriday, but we are still having fun 🤪 #busydays #crazycolleagues #orangeonthemove #businessmeetings #acceleratorprograms #multipurposeoffice #johannesburg #jozihustle #marketingstrategy #news (at Network Explosion) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwtzmmBAW9Y/?igshid=184vrtuqoek6m

[mayovi]

भारतीये ई-कॉमर्स दिग्गज Flipkart ने अपना पहला स्टार्टअप एक्सेलरेटर programme "Flipkart Leap" को लॉन्च किया । कार्यक्रम के तहत, फ्लिपकार्ट मेंटरशिप प्रदान करने के लिए इनोवेटिव स्टार्टअप की पहचान करेगा। स्टार्टअप $ 25,000 का equity-free grant भी जीत सकते हैं। #flipkart #flipkartleap #accelerator #acceleratorlightspeed #specsaccelerator #accelerators #accelerators #acceleratorprogram #flipkartindia #flipkartsale #onlyonflipkart #startupaccelerator #startupevent #startupnews #hindinewspaper #hindinews #indianstartup #mayovi (at Somewhere on Planet Earth) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDwSdCBHwA8/?igshid=1u5yoym3uzo88

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Startupbootcamp raises 2.3 Million Euro in Tokenized IPO on Nxchange-Fueled Platform

Startupbootcamp raises 2.3 Million Euro in Tokenized IPO on Nxchange-Fueled Platform

Danish-Dutch founded startup accelerator Startupbootcamp has successfully closed the first IPO of an accelerator program in the world raising €2.325.000. The funds were raised via the Amsterdam-based Rabo&Crowd platform powered by Rabobank and innovative Dutch startup Nxchange.

On Rabo&Crowd, entrepreneurs can crowdfinance and issue tradable bonds with technology provided by Nxchange, a…

[marleneavaldez-blog]

Tips for Developing Your Sales and Marketing Strategy

Tips for Developing Your Sales and Marketing Strategy

  Budget for Success   Ensure you've allocated enough resources (people and money) to achieve your organization's goals for the year. The span of your marketing budget will likewise depend on how much you have available to invest, and how quickly you need to get results. If you have caviar dreams and a tuna fish budget, you'll be disappointed by your lack of results, and your team will be frustrated by their inability to meet your expectations.   Review and Update Your Ideal Customer Profile and Personas   Look back getting it done customers and identify the characteristics that make them profitable and enjoyable to work with. Ensure your ideal customer profile and buyer personas are accurate and update them as necessary to reflect the kinds of customers who will enable you to achieve your growth goals.   Document Your Buyer's Journey   When your personas are updated, document the journey every persona will take toward becoming a customer. Your contacts make loads of tiny steps along the best approach to becoming a buyer. Plot out every interaction point your personas will have with your content or your organization. This is your buyer's journey and every persona has their own. Start at the end, what will they do immediately before signing an agreement with you? What's the step before that? The one before that? At each point along the way, identify the persona's main questions, motivations, and potential objections. At that point identify the kinds of content you'll need to create to meet them at each point along the buyer's journey. Remember about the influencers in the process. Feed your main contact the content they need to help educate and sell you internally.   Confirm Your Differentiators   Make sure you're clear on what makes you different from your competitors. Talk to some of your customers and find out why they purchased from you and what could make them switch teams and purchase from your competitors instead. Review and Organize Your Marketing Collateral   Ensure that your printed and digital marketing materials are written and designed to attract your ideal customers and impart your organization's unique qualities to prospects and customers. Verify that copyright dates are updated, that your style guidelines are being followed, and that everyone on your sales team is using the right version!   Review Your Website and Online Marketing   Take a look at your website and social media channels to ensure they're designed to attract and educate your personas. Is your branding and messaging consistent? Is it true that you are engaging with the right target audience? Is your content compelling and educational? Review and Document Your Sales Process   Is your sales process set up to close the quality and quantity of customers you need to achieve your organization's growth goals? Does everyone on your sales team follow a similar process for qualifying and nurturing prospects? Is your process documented? Is your CRM (customer relationship management) system set up to support your process efficiently and effectively? Would you be able to utilize any automated tools to make your process more efficient? Document any issues you uncover while you're reviewing your collateral, processes, and templates. Look for "dark pools"— areas of your process where prospects or customers get lost or ignored because of lack of time/energy/resources. Document Your Sales and Marketing Strategy   Prioritize the issues you've identified and build up a phased way to deal with tackling them throughout the following four quarters. Depending on the issues you've identified, you may need to create tactical plans for content/inbound marketing, social media, lead generation, lead nurturing, or account development.   Track Your Progress and Evolve Your Tactics   Ensure you have defined metrics for measuring success, and have appointed individual team members to be accountable for solving each issue. Set up customary meetings to survey advance, identify and tackle issues, and align activities crosswise over teams. Learn from your mistakes and victories, and develop your strategies as needed to maintain your traction!   There’s a lot of work to do here, and it can be tough to be objective about your own company when you’re so close to it. Still have questions about how to prioritize, how to get it all done, or how much it will cost? Contact us now. Read the full article