Early-stage Accelerator, September 17 to November 19, 2026, all cohorts full

Next Early-stage Accelerator, 2/4/26 to 4/22/26
Week/Date Curriculum
Week 0 – 2/4/26 Miner Founder Match
Week 1 – 2/11/26 Introduction, purpose, developing alternatives and strategic alternatives pathways; Learning objectives – create alternatives and strategic alternatives pathways for your startup
Week 2 – 2/18/26 Evaluate competitors; Learning objective – create lists of potential competitors and identify them as direct, indirect and potential competitors
Week 3 – 2/25/26 Create MVP, key milestones; Learning objectives – create minimal viable product and key milestones for each market/product combo
Week 4 – 3/4/26 Assess market (TAM/SAM/SOM), market ramp/share, both top-down, bottom-up; Learning objectives – estimate market share, ramp for each market/product combo using top-down and bottom-up tools
Week 5 – 3/11/26 Develop timelines; Learning objectives – estimate timelines for each market/product combo
Week 6 – 3/18/26 Analyze costs; Learning objectives – estimate costs for each market/product combo
Week 7 – 4/1/26 Identify and assess risks; Learning objectives – estimate risks for each market/product combo
Week 8 – 4/8/26 Summarize value creation of each alternative; Learning objectives – summarize values for each alternative
Week 9 – 4/15/26 Craft strategy, decide path forward; Learning objectives – devise new paths and create strategy
Week 10 – 4/22/26 Wrap up and share path going forward

For more information, please contact ckarslake@mst.edu.