Accelerator / incubator / cohort programs - what is out there?
January 14, 2023
by a searcher from Harvard University - Harvard Business School in Washington, DC, USA
Search Investment Group's recent self-funded searcher data shows 11% use an accelerator / incubator / cohort-style program.
For self-funded searchers, I've only heard of programs like this being offered from the Acquisition Lab and Pursuant Capital.
What other programs are out there, and can anyone provide commentary based on their experiences with them?
from Stanford University in Honolulu, HI, USA
^redacted has done a lot of heavy lifting on this question with his list of accelerators. https://www.smeventures.com/insights/a-comprehensive-guide-of-search-fund-accelerators?rq=accelerator. He also has a great article on his site about whether to do an accelerator or not and the cost of doing so.
https://www.smeventures.com/insights/to-accelerate-or-not-to-accelerate-the-value-of-accelerators-to-search-fund-entrepreneurs?rq=accelerator and https://www.smeventures.com/insights/what-is-the-cost-of-joining-a-search-fund-accelerator?rq=accelerator
I'd like to add my Nuts & Bolts program to the list of cohort-based programs. My program is search method agnostic -- traditional, accelerated/incubated or self-funded. The goal of the program is to set a solid foundation as a searcher bridges that gap between reading the Stanford primer and other required resources and embarking on whichever search fund journey they decide to take.