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=Source Evaluations=

#Opened source website

#Copied Information under "All Accelerator Programs" to TextPad, already sorted. Returned 190 results

*Reliable source for specific URLs to older accelerators, not very helpful for more specific information.

*Web crawling seems improbable because information is not readily available from source. Can potentially mine staff information or contact information from associated "about" page in the home url

==Source: http://www.seed-db.com/accelerators/all==

*Overall very extensive data for accelerators that are included on the list, but after cross-referencing from other sources shows that seed-db is lacking many newer accelerators; list is not all-inclusive.

*Includes regional distributions for accelerator groups as well. For example, rather than just "Techstars", the group is broken into Austin, Berlin, Boston, Boulder, etc.

==Source: http://www.seed-db.com/accelerators==

*Web crawling potential is promising; startup table is located within the source for each webpage. Can also mine any category from the accelerator table

*Overall very extensive data for accelerators that are included on the list, includes large groups as well as individual accelerators. It seems that some accelerators missing from "http://www.seed-db.com/accelerators/all" are located here, since there are 239 returns rather than 235.

==Source: https://www.f6s.com/programs?type==

*Large list of sources includes many irrelevant results, such as conferences or weekends which are difficult to identify. The name of the sorting category itself, "Accelerator/Program" suggests that many of the results fall under the "Program" section rather than being valid accelerators.

*Potential site for identifying accelerators, but limited by in-site sorting; useful for URL and perhaps equity, but not very detailed information relating to the accelerator/program.

==Source: http://gust.com/usa-canada-accelerator-report-2015/==

*Usefulness is questionable because website does not provide much except the URL, and all of the entries are based on success in 2015.

*Other interesting data within website such as "Hot Markets", investment breakdowns by state, etc. All of this data is also limited to 2015.