Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs Accelerator

powered by Pegasus Tech Ventures

Applications open for the 2023 HarvardAE Accelerator October 12

The Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs Accelerator powered by Pegasus Tech Ventures, is a ten-week, equity-free program for early-stage companies designed to give alumni-founded companies the tools needed to scale up to the next level.   

This virtual accelerator features world-class faculty and mentors providing in-depth workshops designed to provide customized support to address your challenges and meet your requirements.

The program concludes with a Demo Day featuring a panel of experts and investors who will provide feedback to each company. The company with the best presentation on Demo Day will be invited to compete at the Grand Finale of the Pegasus Startup World Cup in September 2022, which has a grand prize of $1 million.  Read the full press release.

Information sessions for the 2023 HarvardAE Accelerator will be scheduled shortly.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

  • Personalized experience: The accelerator provides extensive mentoring support to address the specific needs of each company. The faculty and mentors will work with each startup to identify its specific key challenges and develop a customized program of support and solutions. 

  • Expert Advice: The faculty and mentors have unparalleled experience as entrepreneurs, educators, and investors, bringing practical, real-world knowledge and techniques to the program.

  • Peer - Peer: To build ties between members of the program and reinforce mastery of key concepts and tools, the accelerator also integrates a novel and powerful “peer mentoring” process.

  • Demo Day: The program concludes with a Demo Day that gives entrepreneurs the opportunity to showcase their businesses to a panel of experts and investors and to the larger community of the Accelerator

  • Accelerator Forever: Being part of the HarvardAE Accelerator doesn’t end on Demo Day. Cohort companies will continue to have access to their peers and to the faculty and mentors through an online community that is designed to carry the advantages of the program far beyond the accelerator. 

  • Pegasus Startup World Cup Participation: The company with the best presentation on Demo Day will be invited to compete at the global Startup World Cup championship event in San Francisco in September 2023. At the event, the winner of Demo Day will compete with over 70+ regional champions from around the world for a grand prize of $1 million investment. 


CURRICULUM MODULES

Module 1     Needs Analysis and Onboarding

Module 2     Business Model and Value Proposition

  • Business Model Workshop

  • Framing Your Market Opportunity

  • Building a Marketing and Sales Engine

  • Developing an Ecosystem Strategy 

Module 3     Team Building 

  • Entrepreneur Mindset Workshop

  • Design Thinking

  • Building a Team of Leaders

Module 4 Scaling and Operational Excellence

  • Making the Transition from Start-up to Scale-up

  • The Pathway to Scale and Profitability

  • Six Keys to Operational Excellence

Module 5    Finance and Funding 

  • The Art of Startup Finance

  • Financial Projections and Funding Strategy

  • The Art of the Pitch:  Getting to Wow!