A mentorship driven startup accelerator, design team, and seed fund based in Greenville, SC
We are looking for 10 startup teams and 5 designers to participate in our 13 week summer program. Each team will receive seed funding, space in our offices at the NEXT Innovation Center, access to an amazing set of mentors, and the opportunity to pitch hundreds of investors.
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Kristian Andersen Irene Au John Bielenberg Ryan Carson Cyril Ebersweiler Brad Feld Bo Fishback Josh Fraser Jeffrey Fromm Jen Groover Vikas Gupta Rob Johnson Kevin Jones Gary Lee Bart Lorang Eric Marcoullier Dan Martell John Pizzi Kelly Rodriques Hiten Shah Kyle Sollenberger Lloyd Taylor Steven Walker Aarron Walter Brett Arp Jim Barrett Larry Blackwell Craig Brown Dodd Caldwell Leighton Cubbage Randy Dobbs Matt Dunbar Matt Gevaert Frank Greer Earle gregory Alan Johnson Matthew Klein Andrew Kurtz Joseph Lancia Robbin Phillips Steve Roehrich Kevin Smith Matthew Smith Toby Stansell Damien Stevens Kevin Survance Steven Wagner Dan Waldschmidt Peter Waldschmidt
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December 16, 2011
Applications open
April 20, 2012
Applications deadline
May 4, 2012
Finalists notified
June 11, 2012
Programs begin
September 13, 2012
Demo day
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