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Framework-Based Rather Than Formula-Based

a chance to unveil high-value perspectives that challenge conventional thinking.

Learn more about our New Studios and Active Business Programs

"We've been blown away by the level of support during the sessions. Your method, style, and advice are really wonderful"

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Founders' platform

Not the Usual Startup Program

We clearly identify all the business factors and build a map that helps a founder make smart decisions, gain a clear direction, and connect their business to the right market (yes, we focus on GTM). 

It is a personalized framework that guides founders through a journey of understanding instead of a set of formulas and methods.

In a few words, we do something that most accelerators don't do: we embrace the wild path of entrepreneurship.

We have a coaching approach to business development for founders and teams at different stages:

Join our Founders Meetings to learn more about our approach.

 

In partnership with Solana Foundation

Transform Your Ideas into Scalable Solutions on Solana

Focus on the right direction and
shorten the business journey

2-3 Weekly Meetings with Coaches and Instructors (44 hours)

Design Challenge Bootcamp: July 1 - 9 (for pre-selected applicants)

12-week (online) Program August 12th - October 31st
+ Final Demo Day

See Why Founders Want To Work With Us

Business Strategy

Shape, test and validate your startup. It is a learning process in each aspect of starting and growing a business.

  • From Idea to Business
  • Funding Strategies
  • Investors Introduction
  • Team Creation
  • Scalable Business Model

Strategic Persuasion

Clearly Identify and Intercept Your Target Market with a Clear Communication Strategy.

  • Strategic Persuasion
  • Messages
  • Data, Metrics and Drivers

Go-To-Market Strategy

Execute your Business Model designing with us the best Go To Market Strategy for your Startup.

  • Landing Page
  • Growth Hacking
  • Content Marketing
  • Search Engine Optimization
  • Graphic Design
  • Digital Marketing

Pitch with Confidence

Pitch your Business to investors. Design and execute your Fundraising Strategy.

  • How much should I raise?
  • How to Pitch Investors?
  • Which kind of investors?
  • How to Build Market Cap
  • Develop your Investor Network

We only run 2-3 cohorts (pre-seed and seed) per year for the Startup Program. We receive a few hundred applications and select 4-5 businesses for each cohort (1-2%).

We also create innovation portfolios for our partners, including government organizations, investment funds, corporations, and other notable accelerators. 

If you would like to partner contact us at info@maccelerator.la

Cohorts Size

only small groups

Everyone Is Welcome!

US and International founders are welcome!
We worked with more than 500 founders and many different cultures. #EveryOneIsWelcome

WE WORK WITH GREAT PARTNERS

$1,000,000 of partners' deals for our community members! learn more

Deals for M Accelerator Community Members

Our Founders Say It Better Than Us

Melissa Kariuki, testimonial at M Accelerator

Melissa Kariuki

Founder at Whip Music Africa
Product Manager at Google
MA Startup 2019
After this startup program, I have a lot more clarity in which direction we should take, which tools we can use, and how we can go about it. -- Distributing your value proposition in a way that is economical. That was something new for me. So often, we tend to design solutions that outcompete your competitors in all aspects instead of focusing on the factor that has the most impact.
Expanding in the US market for us isn't just localization. It is a second startup stage. M Accelerator Startup program is really good for Global Entrepreneurs.
Shuta Shibuya testimonial, US go to market

Shuta Shibuya

Founder at Fuller
Forbes 30u30
MA Startup2019
I entered the startup program as a Biologist and I became a startup founder. Now I deal with business and innovation in a Pharmaceutical company.
Andrea Ianneo, Testimonial M Accelerator

Andrea Ianneo

Marketing Manager at Novartis
MA Entrepreneurship 2017
Abi Hannah CEO at Fertility Circle

Abi Hannah

CEO at Fertility Circle
Raised $800k
MA Startup 2021
Just wanted to say a big thanks again from all of us at the FC team. We've been blown away by the level of support during the MA Startup Program. Your method, style, and advice are really wonderful - thanks for doing what you do! We're super excited to be partnering with you as we move forward with this next phase :)
Ellen Deng, Founder, Vinofy

Ellen Deng

Founder at Vinofy
MA Startup2019
M Accelerator is a great starting point for anyone who is considering taking the leap to start a company. It provides mentorship, support from the community, and networking opportunities. And the support doesn't stop when the startup program ends. They are always there to support the founders through their journey.
Jemal Meredova co-founder at Pinchef

Jemal Meredova

Co-Founder at PinChef
US Incorporation
MA Startup 2021
M Accelerator has helped a lot in making a pitch deck from scratch by helping show the problem from various angles. Sessions vary from different topics such as marketing, presentation, speech which syncs into the pitch creation. In addition, one-on-one sessions help to ask any questions or help you need. Thank you.
Chris Bailey

Chris Bailey

CEO at FanView
MA Startup2021
This has been a wonderful course, I really got an amazing value out of it. Now that went through the startup program it's really good to have still 4 months to revise everything in a very cohesive pitch before the pitch day.
Seonggon Kim Business Director at KLleon

Seonggon Kim

Business Director at KLleon
2 Innovation Awards at CES
MA Startup 2021
Your session was really really helpful for us, especially because we are preparing for CES we need to deploy these strategies. Thank you.
Guanhao Wu CEO at Exovolar

Guanhao Wu

CEO Exovolar
MA Startup 2021
I've learned so much from this startup program, and I had no idea. I knew that coming here, I would have learned a lot, but not so much!

Francesco Simeone

CEO at Tora Tora Travel
MA Startup 2018
During the startup program, I decided to put myself out there and share my ideas with more experienced people. Fast-forward today, I have a business with 12 employees.
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MULTI-MODAL APPROACH

At M Studio, we believe the most valuable innovation happens when strategy and execution share the same space.
Like an artist's studio, we create an environment where ideas retain their essential truth while being shaped for the world.

Our experience comes from public and private industry sectors spanning Technology, Arts, Communications, Finance, and Entertainment — supported by a strong professional network.

M-ACCELERATOR’s framework helps founders grow their businesses in the right direction,  maintaining the company’s validated strategic focus.

We have successfully coached founders and CEOs from very early stages to pre-IPO startups, including companies with more than 100 employees.

THE TEAM

Alessandro Marianantoni

Exec. Director

full profile

Marta Pasquetti

Social Media Mgr

Ezekiel Yuson

Market Analyst

Abigail Ucci

Analyst & Content

Forest James

Analyst & Content

Verena O'Malley

Content Specialist

Noble A. Drakoln

Advisor

Andrea Cerrell

Analyst

Anjana Paul

Content Specialist

Are you coming to Los Angeles?

Don’t worry about this as we have you covered – we will offer you various options on places to stay.

Whether traveling as an individual, in a group, with your team or perhaps you are an executive bringing your family on this trip. 

LA Is The Third-Largest Startup Ecosystem in the U.S., with more than 4,000 Venture-backed startups.

It is so much more than what you see in the movies: 221,000 jobs in Entertainment Industry, 10.2M residents, 224 different languages, 344,600 Manufacturing jobs, 231,000 Bioscience jobs, 368,580 High Tech jobs, 10,305 Foreign Firms, $807B GDP,

LET'S MEET FIRST

Join our Founders Meetings to learn more about our studio approach

FAQ

The Studio Framework

Strategy • Execution • Communication: The M Studio Multimodal Approach

Most businesses fail at the gaps—between thinking and doing, between building and communicating. M Studio's integrated framework bridges these critical divides by creating a unified environment where strategy, execution, and communication exist in harmony.

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Yes, share your struggles with us; we’ve been there!

We can help you no matter which stages your project is in because this program is customized for you.

We tailor our Founders Cohorts to focus on the many steps before developing your first Minimum Viable Product (MPV). In general, we work with startups in several different stages and cover the following and more:

  • Business strategy design, Business Model Validation, bootstrapping, growth hacking,
  • Business strategy validation and MVP design approach
  • Product Market Fit, Sales strategy, pricing,
  • New market discovery -- such as the case of a startup in the second phase of international expansion.
  • Pitch Deck, Fundraising strategy, investor relations, 

Our Startup Program is a very customized approach, with only 6 companies in each cohort. It mainly depends on your goal and next step.

Besides digital marketing solutions for your bootstrap, we can guide technology solutions. MEDIARS LLC has vast experience designing and developing proprietary and customized technology solutions.

Join our Founders Meeting we address all of this.

Yes! Our programs are tailored for international participants. Many international businesses are entering the US market, better to start with a partner like us to work on your business model and Go-To-Market for North America or the United States market.

A note for the in-person idea stage programs.
The fact that you are away from home, out of your comfort zone, will encourage you to see the world a little differently, be inspired, and think outside the box. To our ESL participants, we offer a 36-hour English Business Workshop just for you to hone your crucial English communication skills, along with all of the other workshops.

If you are at the idea stage, it's clear that you take the "Ideation Track." Learn More about our 1-year membership with the Founders Cohort.

Even if you are simply at the stage where you have an idea, we can help you validate it and translate it into a real business strategy and plan. If, after meeting with our experts, you decide it’s not the right idea for you, we will work with you and help you find a great alternative business idea that you can build from scratch using this program and our “Design Thinking” method as a launching pad.

If that’s the case, congratulations!
We have an Online 8 weeks Accelerator program + a lifetime membership  and a Scale-Up 1:1 Coaching approach

Join our Founders Meeting to ask your questions about our programs and learn more about the startups we work with.

Yes, we do!

If you are planning to join our in-person programs, we can assist you with every step of finding comfortable and reasonably priced accommodations near our studio loft with convenient transportation access to each event.

Our team will work with you to plan all the logistics of your stay.

Here is a list of several outcomes, depending on the program, stage, and objectives.
Before working with a founder, we do have assessment calls and define a strategy.

  1. Strategic Focus
  2. A structured approach for your idea or business.
  3. Understanding of investors’ expectations and requirements
  4. An effective pitch for investors
  5. Warm intros to investors 
  6. Design and Execute Digital marketing campaigns
  7. Marketing tests/pilot programs.
  8. Boost your business network
  9. How to get to Product-Market Fit
  10. Scale-up strategies (Ads, Email, LinkedIn, organic,..)
  11. Prospecting buyers and investors
  12. Multi-Variant-Testing
  13. Test and finalize messages for your market (aspects of your Go To Market Strategy)
  14. Develop Traction
  15. Design funnels and Execute sales
  16. Sales team coaching
  17. Pitch coaching

and many more aspects involved when running and scaling a business.

This isn't a typical "course." We don't teach theories. We create an environment for our participants to do the work they need to do:

  • Business plans & business models
  • Financial planning & reports
  • Marketing & Growth Hacking
  • Presentation & design concepts
  • Strategic Persuasion
  • Creating an investor pitch
  • Pitching with Confidence
  • Digital Storytelling.
  • Content Marketing Production
  • Building Marketing Automations
  • practical and strategic SEO
  • how to run market experiments
  • We also have a course in video production for brand communication.

Let's meet at the Founders Meeting, so we can go through our approach.

If you are running a fundraising campaign, it may be too late to work with us. But if you're just getting ready, check out our more optimized approach with the Online Accelerator Program or the 1:1 coaching for Scale-up companies. We can help assess your stage during a strategy call. 

Every month we feature 2-3 companies to our investors list +25,000 investors.

Join the Founders Meeting to learn more about our approach and ask your questions.

Also, matchmaking with investors can be done by software or by the manny tools already around. We do much more than connect you with VC opportunities.
We want to help you and your business grow through coaching sessions and assistance with your strategic thinking and scaling up your business machine.

'M' stands for MEDIARS.
M Accelerator is a subsidiary of MEDIARS, a leading tech design company. As an integral part of the MEDIARS family, M Accelerator carries forward the legacy and values of its parent company while specializing in its distinct domain.

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