Accelerate Your Startup Success: Benefits of Participating in an Accelerator

Accelerate Your Startup Success: Benefits of Accelerators

Startups that participate in structured accelerator programs have a higher chance of success compared to those that don’t. This is because accelerator programs offer a wealth of resources, mentorship, and networking opportunities that can help startups reach their goals more efficiently and effectively. A study conducted by Gust and the Startup Genome Project found that…

Zooming our way to a virtual accelerator

Zooming our way to a virtual accelerator

As we embarked on this exciting journey last year to launch a very specialized 5G startup accelerator program here in Cologne/Bonn, Germany; little did we know that we will be hit by a pandemic which would dramatically impact all our planning and execution. COVID-19 changed the world for all of us in more than one way and we had…

Innovation in the startup ecosystem

Buzzword innovation – who really are the players in this ecosystem?

Just look around, there is so much buzz around “innovation and entrepreneurship”. All over the world, the governments are trying to use entrepreneurship and innovation to invigorate their economies. Even the large company leaders have embraced innovation and “intrapreneurship” to create shareholder value. Of course, innovation is the force causing upheavals in the daily life causing positive disruption (and some unintended…