{"id":6046,"date":"2021-02-08T10:17:37","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T14:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/innovate\/?p=6046"},"modified":"2024-08-19T13:43:32","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T17:43:32","slug":"applications-are-open-for-2021-summer-accelerator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/innovate\/applications-are-open-for-2021-summer-accelerator\/","title":{"rendered":"Applications Are Open for 2021 Summer Accelerator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>February 8, 2021<\/em> \u2013 Applications are now open for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/innovate\/signature-programs\/summer-accelerator\/\">2021 Summer Accelerator<\/a>, a 10-week guided program that helps early-stage venture ideas prepare to launch. Applications are due by Monday, March 1 and informational sessions will be held on February 18 and 26.<\/p>\n<p>The program allows students and recent alumni to work on their venture full-time while accessing mentorship, entrepreneurship education, and more. This summer, the program will be offered virtually with the opportunity to participate in some hybrid events.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>The program includes:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Weekly workshops focused on startup topics including validating your idea, market research, legal considerations, marketing, funding, and building a team.\u00a0<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Mentorship\u00a0from experienced entrepreneurs.<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Connections to\u00a0subject-matter experts and innovators.<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Learn from an engaged group of\u00a0fellow entrepreneurs.<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Final Showcase event\u00a0to a panel of investors and community members.<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/li>\n<li>$10,000 stipend per team.<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Workspace at the BUild Lab IDG Capital Student Innovation Center\u00a0<em>*Dependent on COVID-19 access policies.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Past accelerator participants include:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluxmarine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Flux Marine<\/a>, makers of electric boat motors who completed the MassChallenge accelerator and recently moved into its first office and dock space in Connecticut.<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/boston\/inno\/stories\/profiles\/2021\/01\/25\/causeedu-shironda-white-college-financial-planning.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">causeEDU<\/a>, a college literacy and crowdfunding platform who completed the MassChallenge and EForAll accelerators and was recently named to BostInno&#8217;s 2021 Start-ups to Watch.<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.venturefizz.com\/insights\/reggora-disrupting-appraisal-industry-30m-series-b-hiring-culture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reggora<\/a>, a mortgage appraisal platform who recently finished a $30 million fundraising round.<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/boston\/inno\/stories\/profiles\/2020\/05\/15\/womens-workwear-startup-holdette-launches.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Holdette<\/a>, a women&#8217;s workwear line with functional pockets, completed a $28,000 crowdfunding campaign and recently launched its first clothing line.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"pitch-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/innovate\/signature-programs\/summer-accelerator\/\">Learn more and apply by March 1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This summer&#8217;s 10-week program will be held virtually with the options to attend hybrid programs in Boston.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8874,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[108],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/innovate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6046"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/innovate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/innovate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/innovate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8874"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/innovate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6046"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/innovate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10593,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/innovate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6046\/revisions\/10593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/innovate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/innovate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/innovate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}