slides for a short presentation on accelerators and incubators for the Innovation Guelph advisory council

1. Accelerators
And
Incubators

2. Incubator

3. Incubator
Lower the costs involved
in running a startup

4. Accelerator

5. Accelerator
Focus on commercialization
and exit

6. Existing Players

7. Year One Labs
● “Co-Creation & Acceleration”

8. Year One Labs
● “Co-Creation & Acceleration”
● Founders: Raymond Luk, Ben Yoskovitz, Alistair
Croll, Ian Rae

9. Year One Labs
● “Co-Creation & Acceleration”
● Founders: Raymond Luk, Ben Yoskovitz, Alistair
Croll, Ian Rae
● Montreal lean startup, early stage fund.

10. Year One Labs
● “Co-Creation & Acceleration”
● Founders: Raymond Luk, Ben Yoskovitz, Alistair
Croll, Ian Rae
● Montreal lean startup, early stage fund.
● LocalMind

11. Accelerator Centre
● “experience and resources”

12. Accelerator Centre
● “experience and resources”
● A three story, 100,000 square foot building in
Waterloo

13. Accelerator Centre
● “experience and resources”
● A three story, 100,000 square foot building in
Waterloo
● Primal Fusion, Kik, Top Hat Monocle

14. YCombinator
● “Bootcamp for start-ups”

15. YCombinator
● “Bootcamp for start-ups”
● Founders: Paul Graham, Robert Morris, Trevor
Blackwell, Jessica Livingston

16. YCombinator
● “Bootcamp for start-ups”
● Founders: Paul Graham, Robert Morris, Trevor
Blackwell, Jessica Livingston
● US seed-stage fund, started in 2005

17. YCombinator
● “Bootcamp for start-ups”
● Founders: Paul Graham, Robert Morris, Trevor
Blackwell, Jessica Livingston
● US seed-stage fund, started in 2005
● Scribd, reddit, Dropbox, Disqus

18. TechStars
● “Funding and Mentorship”

19. TechStars
● “Funding and Mentorship”
● Founders: David Cohen, Brad Feld, Jared
Polis, David Brown

20. TechStars
● “Funding and Mentorship”
● Founders: David Cohen, Brad Feld, Jared
Polis, David Brown
● US based mentorship-driven seed stage
program started in 2007

21. TechStars
● “Funding and Mentorship”
● Founders: David Cohen, Brad Feld, Jared
Polis, David Brown
● US based mentorship-driven seed stage
program started in 2007
● Filterbox, Intense Debate, BrightKite,
DailyBurn

22. Start-Up Chile
● “Attract world-class entrepreneurs”

23. Start-Up Chile
● “Attract world-class entrepreneurs”
● Santiago Chile based program started in
2010

24. Start-Up Chile
● “Attract world-class entrepreneurs”
● Santiago Chile based program started in
2010
● Targeting 300 entrepreneurs for 2011

25. Supporting Success

26. Supporting Success
A Cohort

27. Supporting Success
A Cohort
Mentorship

28. Supporting Success
A Cohort
Mentorship
Training

29. Supporting Success
A Cohort
Mentorship
Training
Funding

30. Supporting Success
A Cohort
Mentorship
Training
Funding
Finite Timeline

31. Supporting Success
A Cohort
Mentorship
Training
Funding
Finite Timeline
Attention

32. Supporting Success
A Cohort
Mentorship
Training
Funding
Finite Timeline
Attention
Talent

33. Other Signs?