Accelerators tend to waste time dealing with schedule conflicts, push-backs from frustrated founders, and chasing founders.

This friction often comes from a disconnect between the accelerator's pre-conceived expectation of founder needs, and the immediate needs themselves.

Beyond the first few weeks, we recommend scheduling place-holder workshops where the content is not yet defined.

An easy compromise is to schedule placeholders - where the time and place is set in advance, but the content can be changed closer to the day. This makes sure workshops are as relevant as possible at the time, but still allows teams to schedule their activities, like travel and meetings.

On a similar note, scheduling accelerator activities on specific days of the week to allow for weekly business trips if necessary.