accelerator Program
// Experienced Mentors
// proximity to industry leaders
// A roadmap For scaling your company
Starting a business is hard enough. Scaling it up to its full potential takes a wholly different set of skills, new knowledge and greater resources. We get why it’s hard and we can help.
Warehouse mentors support you with strategic knowledge, resource connections and practical problem solving in:
Suppliers & supply chain connections
Accelerating key strategic decisions
Capital & funding strategies
Business model scalability & financial planning
Product development & product lifecycle management
Navigating federal, state & local resources
Hiring, people & culture
Listen to scale-up podcast with Warehouse Executive Director, Allison Seabeck
The Warehouse Program Experience
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You start with an assessment session to clearly identify & prioritize your core business opportunities and barriers to growth
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Together we build a tailored Acceleration Roadmap incorporating your priorities with our scaleup knowledge base
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Experienced mentors support and guide you in implementing your roadmap through 1-1 and Team sessions that fit your schedule
Fill out The program Application To Get Started Today
FAQs
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We are here for businesses through the scaleup phase, but we know that is not a one-size-fits-all situation. Members commit to an initial 12 months in the Acceleration Roadmap program and can remain in the program longer if needed. Often, members find value in being part of the Warehouse program for 18-24 months.
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No. The Warehouse is a subscription-based program. We do not require you to give up equity in your company to participate.
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Warehouse mentors are experienced with developing funding strategies, preparing pitches and fundraising with their own companies. However, unlike many tech accelerators, investment fundraising is not our exclusive focus. Common conversations with our members are around the larger context of fundraising, such as solutions to the unique challenges with financing manufacturing operations or preparing a bootstrapped businesses for the decision to seek outside investors for the first time. When you are in fundraising mode and looking for outside capital, we are happy to make connections and introductions!
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The Accelerator program is designed for manufacturing companies in Scaleup Phase. To us, that means:
Your business involves making a physical product
Your business is in revenue and growing
Your target markets are national or international
Your business is a full time endeavor and your team is bigger than 3 people
You have completed basic business startup steps
Your product is developed and available for purchase
You have done customer discovery and identified a product-market fit
Your vision is to scale the business