Welcome to PIE Cookbook

• PIE Cookbook
  • Table of contents
• Preface
  • Open Source
  • Caveats
  • PIE as an example
  • Motivations
  • Understanding — and working within — the existing culture of the community
  • Current state of accelerators
  • Spoiler alert
  • How to use this cookbook
• History of PIE
  • Beginnings
  • A melding of hypotheses
  • A timeline
• Introduction
  • What this is not
  • Want to start an accelerator? Don't start an accelerator
  • Coworking and Community Development are not complementary
  • Culture
  • Three months
  • Start small
• Establishing the unique context for your accelerator
  • Definitions
  • Pick the right person for the job
  • Environmental scan
  • Establish a thesis
• Building your accelerator's strategic framework
  • Your mission
  • Three critical components for any accelerator
  • Promotion
  • Other critical components
• Initial tactics
• Budget
  • Considerations
  • Ballpark figures
  • Sample pro forma
• Space
  • Create a Minimally Valuable Space
  • Physical dimensions
  • Infrastructure
  • Restrooms/Locker rooms
  • Kitchen
  • Arranging the desks in the office space
  • Ongoing build out
  • Mail
• Staff
  • Managing Director (or General Manager)
  • Program Manager
• Optional roles
  • Corporate/Brand Manager
  • Entrepreneur in Residence (EiR)
• Recruiting mentors
  • Identifying potential mentors
  • Anyone can (and should) be a mentor
  • Start with who you know
  • Intentionally recruit "known" mentors
  • Look for the busiest people
• Onboarding mentors
  • Time commitment
  • Mentoring the mentors
  • Mentoring, like many accelerator things, is messy
  • Mentorship in Practice (via @eighteyes)
• Curriculum
  • More independent study than classroom
  • Common issues
  • Timing
• Understanding the cadence of an accelerator
  • The emotional ebb and flow of a startup accelerator
• Running an Accelerator Class
  • Application and selection process
  • Selection process
  • Acceptance
  • Onboarding
  • Getting into the flow
  • Typical week in PIE
  • Engaging mentors in an accelerator class
• Graduating from the program (Demo Day)
  • Objectives
  • Audience
  • Get creative
  • Logistics
• Post mortem
• Conclusion

GitHub

You can find this document on GitHub: https://github.com/piepdx/pie-cookbook