Guide to Impact Incubation and Acceleration

Introduction Welcome to the Guide to Impact Incubation and Acceleration! Begin section		Why Incubation and Acceleration? What makes incubators and accelerators so important?
How to Use How to get started using and making the most of this guide	Sharing This Guide How to share and credit this guide	About Who created this guide
Working With People How to work with and for the people that make your incubator or accelerator possible Begin section
Building a Team How to build, manage and maintain a strong team for your incubator or accelerator	Selecting a Cohort How to attract entrepreneurs to your program and select a stellar cohort	Dealing With Failure How to work with people who aren’t the right fit for your cohort or program
Designing an Impactful Program How to design your incubator or accelerator program to be truly impactful Begin section		Supporting Enterprises How to support entrepreneurs to get the most out of your program
Building a Curriculum How to build a program curriculum that is valuable for your entrepreneurs	Sourcing Capital How to get cohorts and entrepreneurs investor-ready	Ending Well How to best support your entrepreneurs once the program comes to a close
Helping Ventures to Measure Their Impact How to help the ventures that you support to measure the impact of their work Begin section		Impact Measurement 101 The key concepts of impact measurement and why it is important for your ventures
Theory of Change How to create a story of the impact of your ventures using the ToC tool	Teaching a ToC How to facilitate a theory of change workshop	Gathering and Using Data How to support data gathering and management
Measuring the Impact of Accelerators How you as incubators and accelerators can measure your own impact Begin section
Impact Measurement Concepts The different types and levels of impacts and the reasons for measuring them	Dimensions of Impact A framework to measure multiple impacts of an enterprise	Value for Money A method to measure how efficiently a program converts inputs into outcomes
Financial Sustainability How to keep your organisation or enterprise financially sustainable in the short- and long-term Begin section		Financially Sustainable Business Models Options for structuring your business so that is financially sustainable
Commercial and Corporate Innovation How to design and running programs for established organisations or corporations	Sponsorship The types of sponsorship that are available to you and how you can go about getting it	Funding Programs How to ensure funding for your own program needs as well as for your entrepreneurs
Angel Accelerators How to better understand Angel-stage accelerators and the fundamentals of Angel Investing Begin section		Introduction to Angel Investing How to define and identify angel investment networks and acceleration for entrepreneurs
Angel Investing 101 So you want to become an Angel investor? Here’s everything you need to know to get you started	Fund Management 101 Everything you ever wanted to know about different fund structures and becoming a fund manager	Investment-Grade Accelerator Selection How to build out and manage an accelerator program that involves investing in the entrepreneur cohort	Due Diligence 101 Figure out what you want and are looking for before you start looking
How to Invest Without Exits An alternative approach to the current paradigm of investing
Mentors How to find, recruit, and set up your mentors (and entrepreneurs) for success Begin section
Identifying, Sourcing and Selecting What you need to be thinking about when starting your own mentorship program	Onboarding and Training How to create value for your entrepreneurs through mentorship	Mentor Care and Feeding How to ensure that your mentor-mentee engagement activities work well
Scaling and Replicating Programs When, why and how to scale and replicate your accelerator program into new territories or markets Begin section		Before You Scale Everything you need to think about before you make the decision to scale
Design for Scale All the initial ingredients to build your competitive advantage	Ready to Scale How to prepare for the journey ahead	Pace to Scale How to know the right pace of growth for your particular program	Resourcing Scale How to scale and grow both internally and externally
Sustaining Scale How to maintain scale once you have achieved it
Gender and Power How to increase accessibility and inclusivity for people of all genders Begin section		Sustainability Why it’s important to strive for gender equality, diversity, and inclusivity
Organisation How gender relates to your organisation, its structure and its people	Program How gender can be incorporated into your program design and implementation	Ecosystem The role that you can play to promote gender and equality to others in your ecosystem

FI Guide

Guide to Impact Incubation and Acceleration

Introduction

Why Incubation and Acceleration?

How to Use

Sharing This Guide

About

Working With People

Building a Team

Selecting a Cohort

Dealing With Failure

Designing an Impactful Program

Supporting Enterprises

Building a Curriculum

Sourcing Capital

Ending Well

Helping Ventures to Measure Their Impact

Impact Measurement 101

Theory of Change

Teaching a ToC

Gathering and Using Data

Measuring the Impact of Accelerators

Impact Measurement Concepts

Dimensions of Impact

Value for Money

Financial Sustainability

Financially Sustainable Business Models

Commercial and Corporate Innovation

Sponsorship

Funding Programs

Angel Accelerators

Introduction to Angel Investing

Angel Investing 101

Fund Management 101

Investment-Grade Accelerator Selection

Due Diligence 101

How to Invest Without Exits

Mentors

Identifying, Sourcing and Selecting

Onboarding and Training

Mentor Care and Feeding

Scaling and Replicating Programs

Before You Scale

Design for Scale

Ready to Scale

Pace to Scale

Resourcing Scale

Sustaining Scale

Gender and Power

Sustainability

Organisation

Program

Ecosystem