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Your team has been invited to participate in our first ever summer accelerator program at Velocity! We believe that you and your team have what it takes to build a viable business, and this accelerator will help test your current startup idea and validate if you should continue or make major pivots come the fall. We will be able to accept a number of teams into the full-time incubator at the end of the accelerator program (more details to come!).
We hope that the summer accelerator helps you push your business further, get to early milestones faster, dream bigger than you imagined and develop long-lasting relationships with your peer companies 💪
At the end of the accelerator, we will have a demo day (with external guests!) to showcase your work and help facilitate further connections.
This is your home page for the summer - keep this page handy!
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Teams will be given a desk space at the Innovation Arena and access to product development resources (hardware and science lab) as needed. Every week you will have a learning session based on the weekly topic, group office hours to get help with your work and a weekly meetup to share the deliverables assigned at the session at the beginning of the week.
| 1️⃣ Week of June 15th (Eric B, Andrew) | Refining Your Customer & Presenting Your Ideas | • Mon June 16: Summer Accelerator Orientation (1-2:30 PM) • Tues June 17: Summer Accelerator Session 1 (10-11:30 AM) • Tues June 17: Office Hours (1-2:30 PM) • Fri June 20: Weekly Meetup (10-11:30 AM) | | --- | --- | --- | | 2️⃣ Week of June 22nd (Eric P) | Customer Acquisition | • Mon June 23: Summer Accelerator Session 2 (1-2:30 PM) • Wed June 25: Office Hours (2:30-4:00 PM) • Fri June 27: Weekly Meetup (10-11:30 AM) | | 3️⃣ Week of June 29th (Parisa) | Product Development | • Holiday Monday & Tuesday for Canada Day 🇨🇦 • Wed July 2: Summer Accelerator Session 3 (11-12:30 PM) • Wed July 2: Office Hours (3-4:30 PM) • Fri July 4: Weekly Meetup (10-11:30 AM) | | 4️⃣ Week of July 6th (Andrew) | Business Models & Fundraising | • Mon July 7: Summer Accelerator Session 4 (1-2:30 PM) • Wed July 9: Lunch Session sponsored by Google Cloud (12-1 PM) • Wed July 9: Office Hours (2-3:30 PM) • Fri July 11: Weekly Meetup (10-11:30 AM) | | 5️⃣ Week of July 13th (Eric P) | Securing A Customer Commitment | • Mon July 14: Summer Accelerator Session 5 (1-2:30 PM) • Wed July 16: Office Hours (2-3:30 PM) • Fri July 18: Weekly Meetup (10-11:30 AM) | | 6️⃣ Week of July 20th (Krysta) | Getting Pilot Ready | • Mon July 21: Summer Accelerator Session 6 (1-2:30 PM) • Tues July 22: RBCx Lunch Session (12-1:00 PM) • Wed July 23: Office Hours (2-3:30 PM) • Fri July 25: Weekly Meetup (10-11:30 AM) | | 7️⃣ Week of July 27th (Krysta, Andrew) | Pitch Development | • Mon July 28: Summer Accelerator Session 7 (1-2:30 PM) • Wed July 30: Lunch session sponsored by LaBarge Weinstein (12-1 PM) • Wed July 30: Office Hours (2-3:30 PM) • Fri Aug 1: Weekly Meetup (10-11:30 AM) | | 8️⃣ Week of August 3rd | Work Week | • Holiday Monday for Civic Holiday 🚧 • No session - work week • Tues Aug 5: Pitch Practice (1-5 PM) | | 9️⃣ Week of August 10th | Demo Week | • Wed August 13: Demo Day (2-4 PM) • Fri August 15: Access to Innovation Arena ends |
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