This guide is intended as a living document. If it's valuable, it will evolve as the industry evolves. That said, it's still quite narrow in scope, so here are some topics I'd like us to cover. Happy to take guidance from you about what to research and write-up next.

Topics

• The Disruption of Accelerators
  • Market niches
  • Industry verticals and horizontals
  • Low-end and pre-accelerators
  • Fragmentation
• Accelerator business models
  • As platforms
  • Scalability
  • Defensiibility
• What to measure
• Culture
  
  • Cohorts or not
• Design considerations
  • Programme length
  • Energy-levels
• Selection
  • Brand
  • Criteria
  • Interview / pitch techniques
• Education
• Alumni & mentor formats
• Location
  • Virtual components
  • Ecosystems
• Portfolio management
  • Write-offs
• Team and roles
• Founder support
  • Legals and admin
  • Intros
• Investment structure
  • Fundraising
  • Downline implications
  • Founders' perspectives
  • Signalling implications

Tools

• Progress-based (PPPs, Canvas)
• Business Model Canvas-based (Sttatgyzer, Lean Launchpad)
• Pitch Bingo
• Pipeline & Ecosystem management (Angellist. f6s)

Facilitation Techniques

• Office Hours
• Cohort Report
• Story-telling and lore
• Show-and-tell
• Dinners
• Prototype days
• Foosball