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Revision as of 14:54, 23 November 2015
, 14:54, 23 November 2015→Accelerators and Incubators
===Accelerators===
:An accelerator is a “fixed-term, cohort-based program including mentorship and educational components, that culminates in a public pitch event, often referred to as ‘demo-day’” (Cohen and Hochberg, 2014). The mission of an accelerator, often a non-profit entity, is to provide early stage start-ups with resources, mentorship, and networking needed to gain access to venture capital funding. On average, cohorts stay with an accelerator for 3 months cumulating with a pitch to several venture capital investors. (Fehder and Hochberg, 2014)
====Academic Research====
Dan Fehder's new paper "Startup Accelerators and Ecosystems: Complements or Substitutes?" uses a regression discontinuity analysis on admission scores to the MassChallenge accelerator to find that accelerators do have a meaningful impact on an entrepreneurial venture's ability to access local resources. [http://danielfehder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Fehder_Accel_Ecosystem.pdf]
===Incubators===
