How Not To Apply To An Accelerator (part 4)

Andrew Ackerman
Dreamit
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1 min readNov 2, 2016

This is part 4 of my “self-defense essay”. If you missed the prior installments, start here with The #EpicNovelFail

The #TrustMeFail

(a.k.a. “The Hand Waver”)

We can’t evaluate an application without specifics. We want hard data and metrics — we want proof. What we don’t want is this:

Q: How big is the problem / how much “pain” does it cause?

A: Huge problem causing lots of pain for customers

Q: How big is your market?

A: Huge / Billions

Tip: If you can answer the question with actual, relevant numbers, do it.

Next up: The #MasterOfTheObviousFail

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Andrew Ackerman
Dreamit

Serial entrepreneur, sometimes angel investor, Managing Director at @Dreamit.