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How to Get Meetings with Investors and Raise Money by Aaron Harris

Startup School by Y Combinator

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Accelerators - What Are They and How Do They Work?

Accelerators are basically investors that have education programmes attached to them. Y c is an accelerator, right? We take you in for three months. We work with companies. And then we launch them out into the world in demo day and give em a community on the other side. Now there are thousands of accelerators all over the world. i think the number of accelerators is proliferating faster than the number of start ups. So be very careful about going to an accelerator. None of you need an accelerator to succeed as a company. If the accelerator is helpful, that's great. But if not, it damages your company because of the word accelerate.If you do an accelerator, come

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