Guest Blog by Lunar Startups Black, Indigenous, people of color, women, and LGBTQ+ founders have always had to do more with less. It comes as no surprise that founders with these identities face unfair and significant obstacles when going to market, scaling, and competing in the marketplace. Yet, consumers with purchasing power are getting younger and […]
Category: Member Spotlight
Your Pride Doesn’t Make You Popular
Corporates and startups often start off on the wrong foot, killing a relationship before it event starts. Why? Ego. But here are four companies we see doing startup engagement really well because they put the interest of the startup ahead of anything else.
2017 GAN APAC Gathering & SparkLabs Demo Day
In December 2017, GAN APAC Accelerators met in Seoul, South Korea to spend time connecting, sharing ideas, and brainstorming ways to work together in the coming year. The group also attended SparkLabs’ 10th Demo Day, widely known as the largest demo day in the world.
Accelerators & Incubators: what has happened in the last decade?
This was originally written on Medium by one of members, Timothy O’ Connell , he heads the H-FARM Acceleration Programs. Accelerators and incubators have played an important role the last decade in fostering entrepreneurial culture and helping early-phase projects to take off. Often these actors have been the first partner for startups looking for guidance, […]
The Four Most Common Mistakes Startups Make When Selling to Large Companies
This post was written by Neil Soni, a valuable GAN community mentor. Neil has built, grown, and created new ventures – both within the world’s largest brands and as an independent entrepreneur.
Six Awesome Accelerators
It takes a village to start a company. GAN accelerators do a great job surrounding entrepreneurs with a supportive network, which is why we wanted you to know six awesome things GAN members are doing for the startup industry! Better Ventures is accepting applications for their next round of pre-seed investments, companies will receive $100k […]
9 Awesome Accelerators & A Startup
It takes a village to start a company. GAN accelerators do a great job surrounding entrepreneurs with a supportive network, which is why we wanted you to know nine awesome things GAN members are doing for the startup industry! AlphaLab Gear announced the 2016 National Hardware Cup, the first nation-wide pitch competition focused exclusively on […]
Five Awesome Accelerators & A Startup
It takes a village to start a company. GAN accelerators do a great job surrounding entrepreneurs with a supportive network, which is why we wanted you to know five awesome things GAN members are doing for the startup industry this past month! Better Ventures is committing $1million to back pre-seed stage technology companies who are […]
Six Awesome Accelerators and A Startup
It takes a village to start a company and GAN accelerators do a great job surrounding entrepreneurs with a supportive network, which is why we wanted to highlight six awesome things GAN members are doing for the startup industry this past month! NMotion is hosting a PreLaunch Startup Bootcamp, it’s an 11 week program with […]
Why We Love New Zealand Investors
Investors are vital to startups. They provide the capital startups need to fund company growth. In the GAN, 79% of the companies our accelerators have supported are still in business today mainly because of the funding from local investors with the average investment being around $790K. As I travel around the world to visit our […]