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The 500 Startups Accelerator experiments with early-stage startup formulas for explosive growth with a mixture of up to $100K in funding, superhuman mentors & designers in residence, platform-specific strategies for customer acquisition, a creative workspace and more…
These brave little monsters are part of our third class of startups. Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently… See Them All
Our startup sherpas live and breathe with our startups at the accelerator. They give talks, hold office hours, design reviews, hack on product, and provide ongoing support and guidance. Meet Them All
Successful startups don’t just need great coders and designers, they require scalable and cost-effective customer acquisition. At 500 Startups we specialize in online distribution techniques for search, social, mobile, and email platforms to help our startups get eyeballs and new customers. In particular we focus on solutions for Facebook, Twitter, Google, YouTube, Android, and Apple iOS, and by day many of our super mentors work as mild-mannered reporters at these very same companies.