accelerators as an api - accelerator rally - july 2013
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Slides for my keynote at FounderFuel's Accelerator Rally in Montreal.TRANSCRIPT
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ACCELERATORS AS AN APITO VENTURE CAPITAL AND FUNCTIONAL EXPERTISE
PAUL SINGH
@paulsingh・[email protected]・ dashboard.io
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VENTURE CAPITAL IS OPEN TO ATTACK BY DISRUPTIVE NEW BUSINESS MODELS AND TECHNOLOGY.
“
-- NAVAL RAVIKANT (@naval)
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500 STARTUPS
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(R)EVOLUTION IN THINKING
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EARLY STAGE STARTUPS
HAVE CHANGED
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STARTUP COSTS LOWER THAN EVER
BUT SCALING STILL COSTS MONEY
CLOUD, OPEN SOURCE AND ONLINE DISTRIBUTION DRIVING
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WEB GETS BIGGER.WORLD GETS SMALLER.
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TRACTION IS THE NEW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTYPLATFORMS (SEARCH, SOCIAL & MOBILE) PRIMARILY DRIVING THE CHANGE.
NO LONGER “GOOD ENOUGH” TO DEPEND ON TECH DIFFERENTIATION.
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CAPITAL INCREASINGLY COMMODITIZED
RISE OF THE ANGELS, YO!
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NEW REALITY: MONEY FOLLOWS
FOUNDERS
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EARLY STAGE VCIS CHANGINGHAS CHANGED
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STATE OF THE ART IN EARLY STAGE INVESTING IS NOT
VERY SOPHISTICATED
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UNBUNDLING OF ADVICE, CONTROL
AND MONEY
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USED TO BE ABOUT CAPITAL, DEALFLOW
AND JUDGEMENTTODAY, IT’S ABOUT ACCESS.
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A FEW IDEAS...
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THE MANAGEMENT TEAM ISN’T THE DECISION MAKING TEAM. IT’S A SUPPORT FUNCTION.
“-- JOEL SPOLSKY (@spolsky)
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DIFFERENTIATE VIA ACCESS TO
FUNCTIONAL EXPERTISEFOCUS ON DESIGN, DATA, DISTRIBUTION. INVEST IN DEVELOPMENT
OF TOOLS TO CONNECT FOUNDERS AND MENTORS.
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GO BIG OR GO HOMEGO LOCAL. GO GLOBAL.
FOCUS ON SPECIFIC VERTICALS, REGIONS OR STRENGTHS. GOAL SHOULD BE TO SUPPORT GROWTH OF LOCAL HIGH
GROWTH COMPANIES AND GLOBAL HIGH GROWTH COMPANIES.
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MINDSETACCELERATOR AS A FUND
KEY IDEAS: CURATION AND URGENCY
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THERE ARE TOO MANY STARTUPS AND NOT
ENOUGH BUSINESSES.
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API TO VENTURE CAPITAL & FUNCTIONAL EXPERTISE
THE BIG OPPORTUNITY IN EARLY STAGE TECH INVESTING:
(FOR FOUNDERS. FOR INVESTORS. FOR GOVERNMENT.)
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ACCELERATORS AS AN API
PAUL SINGH
@paulsingh・[email protected]・ dashboard.io
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