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*Joe: Go through ==Accelerator Type project== File to edit is called "Accelerator type list (approx 273 accelerators) ". Located in the folder E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\Spring 2018\Grouping project of ListOfAccs. More systematic information and mark each by instructions are in"Instructions for Accelerator type (see below)project" in E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\Spring 2018\Grouping project of ListOfAccs. NOTE: until we get through all 270 accelerators, building out type list we will just categorize each accelerator into the following three categories as quickly as you possible with short notes in teh "other info" column for these; once we have this, we will goback through the ones that aren't categorized and add notes to the "other info" column.
e.g., international offices
Type list file saved as "Accelerator type list" =Funded By Accelerators= Reference the like-named portion in E:\McNair\Projects\[[Crunchbase Data#Funded by Accelerators\Fall 2017|Crunchbase Data]]
Accelerator Seed List (Data) (view source)
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{{Project|Has project output=Data,Tool|Has sponsor=McNair ProjectsCenter
|Has title=Accelerator Seed List (Data)
|Has owner=Shrey Agarwal, Matthew Ringheanu, Veeral Shah, Connor Rothschild,
|Has start date=Fall 2016
|Has keywords=Accelerators,Data
|Has project status=ActiveSubsume
|Is dependent on=Industry Classifier
}}
=Current Work=
=Current Work==As of 05/21/2018 the Google Sheet Workbook has been downloaded to the E drive. The now Excel Workbook is saved at E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\Summer 2018\Accelerator Master Variable List.xlsx. This is now the master file.=== Google Master Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ikuxYwp9JIRrjz4qQcbdwTpbHOne-q2PterYTjzofjw/edit?ts=5aa2f1f9#gid=0*Cross-reference sheet with data from Peter's old accelerator consolidation file ("accelerator_data_noflag" and "accelerator_data" in "All Relevant Files") and fill in missing data*Variables that are 100% NOT in these 2 files:**Cohort Breakout?**Subtype**Designed for Students?**Campuses**Stage**Software Tech**What stage do they look for?
TODO:
*Shrey: Find "demo day" keywords, so that we can search AcceleratorName Year Keyword and get back potential demo day pages
Type list:
*Corporate
*Academic
Note: if DEAD, noted here.
Other info:
*nonprofit? (y/n)
*Subtypeabbreviations:**S: for if a social entrepreneurship initiative**I: for if an incubator**A: for an angel group**F: for foreign**C: for in coworking space/hub/etc**V: for if part of venture fund**G: for if government funded and /partnered*part *T: for international Note: subtypes (from individual text files in E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\Spring 2017\Code+Final_Data) were only found for 23 of a VC fundthe 270 accelerators. These accelerators were initially intended to be removed from the master list. Remaining subtypes are currently being added.
other info:
international offices, founders, industries, org type, program duration, or other interesting, easily accessed variables. Additional information is especially important for accelerators that have no other subtype abbreviation listed.
===Steps to research an accelerator===
1. Copy/paste URL listed in Accelerator type list file into google. If website is insufficient, try googling:
the name of the accelerator
the name of the accelerator + "crunchbase"
the name of the accelerator + "nonprofit"
the above steps sometimes lead to other helpful databases/news articles
2. Note whether:
1) Academic/Corporate/Private
2) For Profit/Nonprofit. Sometimes this isn't directly stated but can be inferred through their description of, say their investment process. If they don't address this at all it's probably For Profit.
3) subtype (S, I, A, F, C, V, G, T).
4) Additional, easily-accessed info. Number 4 is really important if there's no subtype.
All 270 need to be done by the end of the semester.
Type list file saved as
"Accelerator type list" in E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\Spring 2017\Grouping project of ListOfAccs.
The list of ListofAccs, from which we drew Accelerator type list, should have no matches with any of the flagged accelerators in E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\Spring 2017\Code+Final_Data. There are 23 matches though. So all subtypes must be searched and entered manually. Whether some were a nonprofit was listed in E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\Spring 2017\Grouping project of ListOfAccs, called "whether nonprofit...". Accelerators with no info there on whether nonprofit need to have info entered manually.
=End of Semester Report=
=End of Semester Notes=
*We have compiled a very long list of accelerators from many different databases. For the past couple of weeks, everyone in the center has been going through this list, 20 at a time, classifying each one as an accelerator or not an accelerator, and then proceeding to gather data on the accelerator using the process outlined below. This process went very smoothly. We have successfully gone through about 80% of the list. We are still missing information on the last hundred or so names. All of the collected data is located on the RDP, within the "Accelerators" folder under "Data"or on the [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ikuxYwp9JIRrjz4qQcbdwTpbHOne-q2PterYTjzofjw/edit?ts=5aa2f1f9#gid=1132417337 "Accelerator Master Variable List" Google sheet].*We have listed all of the startups from the accelerators that have break out cohorts on their website on the [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ikuxYwp9JIRrjz4qQcbdwTpbHOne-q2PterYTjzofjw/edit?ts=5aa2f1f9#gid=1132417337 "Accelerator Master Variable List" Google sheet]. This contains the following information in the "Cohort List (new)" sheet: accelerator name, year, cohort name, company name, description, founders, category/sector, and location. *Next steps include going through the demo day pages that have been downloaded and writing notes on the different types if possible (see [[Demo Day Page Google Classifier]]).
=Data Collection Notes=
==Link to Crunchbase API application==
https://about.crunchbase.com/forms/research-access-apply/(Does not work anymore) https://data.crunchbase.com/v3/docs/using-the-api (Has new instructions for application)
==Sign-Ups==
*http://www.represent.la/
*http://www.launch.co/blog/complete-list-of-incubators-and-accelerators-like-y-combinat.html
*https://angel.co/accelerator-4(Does not work - seems to be replaced by https://angel.co/companies?company_types[]=Incubator )
(Obtained from Google search: "Accelerator Database")
==Source: http://www.seed-db.com/accelerators/all==
#Copied "Seed Accelerators" table to TextPad, data sorted itself into lines. Returned 235 results.
#Clicking on the accelerator name itself links to a page with all of its associated startups, up until 6/2016 cohort
*Overall very extensive data for accelerators that are included on the list, but after cross-referencing from other sources shows that seed-db is lacking many newer accelerators; list is not all-inclusive.
*Includes regional distributions for accelerator groups as well. For example, rather than just "Techstars", the group is broken into Austin, Berlin, Boston, Boulder, etc.
==Source: http://www.seed-db.com/accelerators==
*Examples of single accelerators found
:#TMCx: http://www.tmc.edu/innovation/innovation-programs/tmcx/
:#RED labs: http://redlabs.uh.edu/8
:#SURGE accelerator: https://kirkcoburn.com/
:#OwlSpark: http://owlspark.com/
:#NextHIT: http://www.houstonhealthventures.com/nexthit-accelerator-program-application/
===Los Angeles Accelerators===
:#Amplify: http://amplify.la/
