Creating Genius Magazine Summer Issue | Page 21

e m e r g i n g 6 top Geekiest Accelerators You May Not Have Heard of y ou’ve heard the story before. A few friends with an idea create a product and build a company ready to disrupt the next lagging industry – all from their garage. Geeky individuals, to say the least, but giving swagger a whole new meaning. Every entrepreneur wants to be them and every VC wants to talk to them. How does this come to happen? Was their product so revolutionary that people just had to have it? Did they have the perfect team? Did funding keep them alive long enough to find market fit? Perhaps so. What often goes untold is how startups truly reach success, and from where they receive the resources they need to get there. That’s where startup accelerators come in. Aligned with the brightest minds, mentors and capital to break new ground, accelerators are equipped to take your startup to the next level. With so many saturating the entrepreneur landscape, how do you know which accelerator is best for your startup? The answer to that takes deeper analysis than the brief spotlights in the list that follows, but it’s a pretty great start. Summer Issue | cre a t in g e ni u s | 21