Accelerating Startups: The Seed Accelerator Phenomenon

By Susan L. Cohen, Yael V. Hochberg. 2014

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A systematic literature review on accelerators (2019, methodology): “A greater majority of the studies (n = 46) focuses on examining the various services provided by accelerators in contrast with those offered by incubators (e.g. Cohen and Hochberg 2014).”
What signals matter for social startups? It depends: The influence of gender role congruity on social impact accelerator selection decisions (2019, background): “Defined as “fixed-term, cohort-based programs, including mentorship and educational components, that culminate in a public pitch event or demo” (Cohen and Hochberg, 2014), these accelerators are designed to help emerging ventures of all kinds define their ideas, build initial prototypes, identify pr”
The Role of Accelerator Designs in Mitigating Bounded Rationality in New Ventures (2018, background): “Accelerators seek to aid the development of early-stage ventures by providing intensive mentoring and education over short, fixed-length periods to cohorts of ventures (Cohen, 2013; Cohen and Hochberg, 2014).”
Understanding a new generation incubation model: The accelerator (2016, background): “An accelerator is an organization, which aims to accelerate new venture creation by providing education and mentoring to cohorts of ventures during a limited time (Cohen and Hochberg, 2014).”