Community is Born 17 events 885 attendees An explosive start. We build an dynamic community of technologists, startups, and mentors that grows organically. We host pitch competitions, trainings, workshops, webinars and get 885 attendees. Our community grows strong, and asks for a program. We think through a community driven incubator program.

Incubator is Born 26 startups in program 1625 attendees + 29 events The program supports 26 startups simultaneously, we partner with co-working spaces and give structured programming, space, and the community steps up to provide mentorship while on the community front we continue to host pitch competitions, trainings, workshops, webinars and get 1,625 attendees.

Accelerator is Born 15 startups accelerated 1,269 attendees + 14 events On the community front we host startup launch parties, and launch the Startup Social a monthly event with pitches, mentor AMA, startup open mic every Thursday the events garner 1,269 attendees. On the incubator front we learn that supporting dozens of founders  with an open application is really hard to manage logistically. We start to think about running cohorts of startups. We retire our Ignition Path program and launch our inaugural Accelerate24 90 day cohort with 15 startups.

Accelerator Expansion 20 startups accelerated, 31 pre-accelerator 1,322 attendees + 20 events We run two Accelerate24 cohorts supporting a new 20 startups while continuing to support the previous batch. We also launch an 14 day challenge for customer validation which supports 31 founders. On the community front we host startup launch parties, and launch the Startup Social a monthly event with pitches, mentor AMA, startup open mic every Thursday the events garner 1,322 attendees.

Virtual and Global Hybrid 18 startups accelerated Demo day We run two Accelerate24 cohorts supporting 18 new startups while continuing to support the previous batches. Our founder gets hit with a serious illness and has to take a break from running events. The "hit by a bus" factor has as side-effect of a forced look into scalable programming. On the community front we phase out events to only Demo Days. We trial digital hybrid and digital only cohorts opening up to selective global startups. Before we finalize a pivot crisis looms.

Crisis Action Team Forms 100+ startups supported 18 weather the storm sessions We drop the accelerator programs and global expansion notions and double down on supporting both our graduate and extended community through weekly zoom get togethers. Our community of graduates and mentors step up and form a Crisis Action Team. We host weekly zoom calls to keep the community sane, connected, and informed through the first year of the pandemic.

Open Innovation Accelerator 10 startups supported Product Team Develops An unique and reformative year for us. We continue to support all the previous batches of founders who are still at the grind, we can't really relaunch in person programming just yet. We  launch and iterate an online accelerator platform, which supports a dozen founders. We do an mission audit, and decide on where we make an impact next. It takes us a little while but we get there. What the world needs is entrepreneurs who will help solve the biggest challenges humanity faces today. And we're poised to help. Last quarter of 2022 is hyper-focused on aligning stakeholders so together we can help founders make their biggest impact.

National Accelerator is Born 32 startups accelerated