Rocket Hatch Accelerator Update August 2014

August 2014 Update  Building a dynamic North Alabama economy fueled by

a vibrant and diverse startup community

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Community Acceleration

Antonio Montoya

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THE ROCKET HATCH MISSION

� To unleash the untapped entrepreneurial potential of North Alabama through an open, inclusive and collaborative startup community. STOP THINKING, START HATCHING!

Mission & Vision

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OUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE

� Community Acceleration

� Small & Medium Size

� High Growth

We look forward to a self sustaining North AL startup community that nurtures entrepreneurs that represent our diverse make-up, welcomes risk taking, and that that has at the core, a network of successful entrepreneurs that give back by helping new startups focus their efforts using the latest lean methods.

Mission & Vision


COMMUNITY: THE SUSTAINABLE ACCELERATOR

� It all ends and starts with the community. To become sustainable, the community itself needs to organically transform in the accelerator. This means our efforts have to focus just as much on cultural change and values as on training and mentorship.

Mission & Vision

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� Values + Collaboration

+  Trust

+  Transparency +  Encouragement

+  Inclusiveness

+ Risk-taking

+  Fail forward

DO-OCRACY: WHAT WE DO TAKES PRECEDENCE OVER WHO WE KNOW OR WHAT WE HAVE.

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CO.STARTERS

WE KEEP GROWING

1090 Total Community

747 Interested

286 Engaged

25 Volunteers

36 Mentors

531 367

Followers

43% Women

25-34 Median Age

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EVENTS

331 Attendees

12+ From other

communities

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12 Sponsors

11 Partners

+ Geo-Energy Huntsville

+ Huntsville Open Tech Coffee

+ Rocket City Launch

Community Events Supported

+30


� Modern & Smart Partner

� Graphic Color Sponsor

� Regus Sponsor

� The Nook Sponsor

OUR PARTNERS & SPONSORS

Community

� CO.STARTERS Partner

� Metabahn Partner

� Rosita’s Farm Partner

� Zero Point Frontiers Partner

� RED Team Partner

� ONE Unity Media Partner

� InCrowd Capital Partner

� NARLF Partner

� Downtown Huntsville, Inc. Partner

� Rainspace Computing Sponsor

� Pizzelle’s Confections Sponsor


UPCOMING

NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

E V E N T S

HATCHERS

CO.STARTERS

9/15/14 CO.STARTERS 1st Cohort Start

10/30/14 HATCHERS Private Beta Release

11/17/14 Global Entrepreneurship Week

9/18/14 Sip+Hatch

10/16/14 Sip+Hatch

9/4/14 Spark (Nashville)

9/7/14 TEDx Huntsville

9/10/14 TechRich Summit


HATCHERS: NORTH ALABAMA’s STARTUP COMMUNITY PORTAL

� Discover, Connect and Engage with the North

Alabama Startup Community



THE HATCHERS PORTAL NEEDS YOUR HELP

We are looking for developers to help our Open Source Project effort



� Amanda Blanton

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modernsmart

� Tarra Anzalone

� tarradesign

� Scott Griepentrog

� stgnet

� Larry Mason

� glmason

� Robb Dempsey

� robbdempsey

Antonio Montoya

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THE HATCHERS TEAM

https://github.com/RocketHatch/hatchersWeb


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CO.STARTERS Inaugural Cohort

Karen Wynne

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September 2014

costarters.rockethatch.org CO.STARTERS


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