Week 1: building trust
This was an exciting week in Scratchpad Land...the accelerator entrepreneurs were oriented, on-boarded, in-taked, and possibly, a little overwhelmed (at least just at first). It was a week of transitions and "get to know yous." The entrepreneurs transitioned from working in their own workplaces to working at the Scratchpad offices; the Scratchpad team transitioned from working with each other to working with the startups. And of course, everyone had to get to know each othe
Road trip!
A Scratchpad contingent recently returned from MIT's Global Founders Skills Accelerator Demo Day. Why? To see how some of the "other guys" were doing theirs. (Seeing an event is much more valuable than reading about it.) MIT has run their program for several years and we wanted to learn from their experience. As we were there, we noted ideas we want to "borrow" and paths that we don't want to take for our Demo Day. Because, well, our accelerator is different and we believ
Things are happening. It looks like this:
Imagine you’re sitting in a conference room and four people are leaning in and listening intently to you as you speak; another person is present through Skype. Spread on the tables in front of them are copies of your company’s marketing materials, financials, and Scratchpad application. These people ask you questions; lots of them. You do your best to articulate yourself clearly and concisely. You want them to like you; you want them to "get" you and your company. Welcome
