December 10, 2012
The rise of vertical accelerators
When in May I was talking with Aziz about this, I wasn’t sure that this was going to happen, although I thought it would make sense in the long run. Now it seems that my little prediction is becoming reality: Nike just announced an Accelerator, in partnership with Techstars. (disclaimer: I’m a mentor at Techstars Cloud in San Antonio, TX).
I think this comes from the following: 1) There is a huge need for Enterprise companies to innovate.
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