Friday, April 15, 2016
Creative Startups (CS) Accelerator program gives teams of founders interested in starting a creative venture - whether for-profit or non-profit. A 10-week course, 8-12 teams of founders, are taken through a rigorous curriculum built by creative entrepreneurs FOR creative entrepreneurs. One participant shares her experience and insight into the accelerator experience.
"I forget how we first found out about the CS accelerator, but our first reaction to the description was that it sounded perfect for us — if we’d be able to get in. I think the application deadline was earlier than we thought we were ready for (we had considered looking into accelerators around the end of 2015, not mid-2015), but our CEO Shivani is hands down amazing at taking (and making) opportunities regardless of how ‘ready’ we feel, which keeps up our team’s momentum. Then when we were accepted, I think the team had a little uncertainty about what it would mean for our work momentum, and also if we would be ready to start building a pitch deck and talking with investors," said Christine Lee.
