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M ACCELERATOR
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A hybrid accelerator and incubator program, to design a clear strategy, create traction and go to market plan for your startup.
Work with our process on Business, Marketing, Pitching, and Growth Hacking to boost your startup.
Develop and Validate your Business, Generate Traction, and Pitch to Investors with our Online Accelerator Program.
Unlike traditional startup accelerators, we do not provide theories. We create an environment that helps make better decisions and do the work online [virtually] or at our space [in-person] in Los Angeles.
Join our interactive sessions, and learn about our approach and hands-on experience. Bring your entrepreneurial spirit and your creativity.
During the online startup program we will provide all the tools you need to identify, design and test your market.
No theories but practical work on your business, everything you need to generate results and validate your startup for the next level.
This is the best time to validate your ideas. Don't wait. Move to a different stage or get ready for what's next.
Work with us on virtual interactive sessions to clarify your business strategy > your messages > and go-to-market, and become more effective in pitching investors.
“I truly believe being a mum makes me a better CEO” – Abi, co-founder of @Fertility Circle and recent graduate of the Collective Impact programme run by @VirginStartUp and @Crowdcube: https://t.co/afcFl7li5v #ThisIsWhatAFounderLooksLike @HollyBranson
— Richard Branson (@richardbranson) June 9, 2021
We welcome every business founder across cultures and borders.
We had participants from 30 different countries and very different cultures.
We know that our programs attract one type of people:
creatives, open-minded and generous, that are ready to roll up their sleeves and work hard to improve themselves and their teams.
Only 5-6 seats and
we receive about 350-450 applications for each cohort
Lifetime Membership on the Founders' Network
Start with 8-week Intensive program to Acquire and Communicate Strategic Focus, and continue with a lifetime membership:
The support continues after the first phase.
Teams also have access to our deals here below.
Here are some of the partners and their offers to M Accelerator's members:
Some examples:
$120,000 (up to) in credits for IBM Cloud services
$50,000 in credits for Segment (analytics) + other partners
$20,000 transaction-free with Stripe (Sales) + Atlas (corp.)
$5,000 in AWS Cloud Services Credits (renewable)
$1,000 Miro
$1,000 Digital Ocean
3 Months free MeetAlfred
Mentoring Sessions with O'Melveny
We expect founders to attend 5-7 hrs live sessions every week. These are not recorded video sessions. Coaches are also available on our platform.
Business Design / Development
Growth Marketing / Hacking
Pitch Coach
Sales
This is not "one model fits all", each Business is different, each path is unique.
1:1 Sessions with the Coaches
Mentors from our network meet participants in different settings: Workshops, Ask Me Anything (AMA), and 1:1 sessions.
This is another great way to be introduced to the mentors.
These sessions run throughout the accelerator program with the goal of guiding the participants from their starting point to a pitch deck.
Some of the steps: Problem Statement, Alternatives, Buyer Utility Diagram, market analysis, identify and define the unique selling advantage, revenue model, Pitch Deck.
It’s essential to be able to present your idea in an effective way to gain interest and for it to become a reality. These sessions are conducted with Lizzy Wallace, a world-leading expert in pitching and business communication.
To influence others and change their mind, you have to show them a world of possibilities. This workshop helps you craft your compelling startup story which is integral to convincing key stakeholders and even refining your own purpose.
This series of meetings, usually through 1:1 sessions, allows you to use and implement several tools and automation strategies for your specific startup.
Learn all of the tools needed to launch an effective marketing campaign that is the implementation of a solid strategy. This is usually delivered through 1:1 sessions or break up sessions.
Learn how to leverage social media for a successful ad campaign. Specific workshops on Facebook Ads platform: Create Test Ads: Video Ads & Conversion Ads, Custom Conversions, Carousel Ads, Data Analysis & Remarketing, Copywriting, Facebook Ad creation & testing, Determining Lead Magnet & Creation of Landing Pages, Using Facebook to support your funnel, Facebook ad results, Discuss when to make changes & how to make changes. What happens if it doesn't work? How to pivot.
Scott Hindell is Principal of Hindell Consulting where he specializes in human-centered business model design. His key role is to facilitate, for business and industry, the process of generating, developing and articulating innovative value strategies.
Recognized as a value innovation specialist, Scott has performed workshops, spoken at conferences and to groups in the United States and abroad, with participants from more than 80 countries. Notable examples of these include: Workshops - 25 CEOs and business leaders from the Chinese Productivity Center; and students and professors from several Chinese universities. Conferences - TEDx-UCLA; and California Restaurant Industry Conference. Groups – Ahmedabad Management Association, American Chamber of Commerce Japan; American Institute of Graphic Artists; and American Marketing Association.
Scott has over 30 years of teaching experience, and currently teaches a variety of disciplines for UCLA Extension (since 2001). He also leads the M Accelerator program for entrepreneurs and startups. Prior, he taught 10 years at Los Angeles Community College. The majority of his programs fall under the disciplines of business, management, entrepreneurship, design and global sustainability.
One of only a few selected instructors, Scott is a Master Teacher in UCLA Extension's Instructor Development Program (since 2005). His key role is facilitator of Instructor Orientations and the Instructor Round Table provided to over 2,000 instructors. He has also led other core workshops for the award winning program. Scott is the recipient of the 2018/19 UCLA Extension Distinguished Instructor Award.
Prior, Scott was a portfolio manager for 17 years. As a NASD Principal and Registered Investment Advisor he owned and operated his own firm for the last ten years of that period. Here he managed large equity and fixed income portfolios with a proprietary trading method he developed, which outperformed the S&P 500 9 out of 10 years with a lower beta. He also advised and managed venture capital investments and mergers during this period.
It is Scott’s deep understanding of multiple disciplines and relentless curiosity combined with his unique ability to recognize bias and facilitate objectivity that has distinguished his success in all of his efforts.
Lizzy Wallace provides private training sessions and group workshops using the fundamentals of improv, scripted theatre, and media training.
Lizzy was the delivery pitch coach for Dreamforce's first startup pitch competition, Dreampitch, which included notable judges Mark Cuban and Chris Sacca and continues to mentor for their ongoing worldwide pitch events. She has provided training for major projects for The Republic of Poland, The Chilean Goverment, National IT Promotion Agency of Korea, and has designed the first improv communication program for the Creative Language Center in Switzerland which debuted in the fall of 2016.
Lizzy has independently consulted with many companies including: Microsoft, The Grammys, Netflix, Redbull, T-Mobile, LA Metro, CAA, Estée Lauder, Electronic Arts, Zynga, Capcom, Laundry Locker, and AIESEC.
Lizzy has been featured on CNBC, Refinery29, and has provided spokesperson and hosting talent for VidSF, NBC, Verizon Wireless, Nissan, SF Weekly, IM Magazine, ArtWorkSF, Swagg, AirBnB, and others.
Alessandro Marianantoni is Exec. Director and Founder at M Accelerator and MEDIARS LLC in Los Angeles, offering programs to serve the Los Angeles Startup ecosystem providing students, early stage and later stage founders with skills to grow their startups.
He has designed and developed projects in different spaces: entertainment, engineering, architecture and healthcare, receiving public and private funding from a number of organizations including: UCLA, Google, Siemens, Marriott, Universal Studios, Disney, Amazon, Italian Government and the City of Pasadena.
Alessandro earned a degree in Computer Science from the University of L’Aquila, with a thesis on perceptual interfaces at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies and Integrated Media System Center.
Over the years he has run numerous international programs including summer bootcamps and international research initiatives at UCLA and he is now directing M Accelerator and MEDIARS LLC.
