Early December marked the end of our online course “Beginning and Advanced Acceleration Topics” for the ERASMUS+ CONNECT Project. Anthology Management partners delivered more than 54 hours of online teaching, plus many more hours of specially created videos, curated content, and presentations covering training in many areas crucial to running an entrepreneurial acceleration and incubation program. Participants joined us from partner institutions in Armenia, Georgia and Moldova during a five week period spread over October, November, and early December. 

The course covered topics such as organizing an acceleration program, advising and mentoring entrepreneurs, startup ecosystems, business modelling, finance, governance, fundraising, venture capital investment, and the entrepreneurial journey, to name a few. A highlight of the course came from special appearances from two startup founders, Giftwalker and Worddio. They each presented their companies and discussed the challenges and opportunities faced by early-stage entrepreneurs when building a product and business and raising investment capital. 

We look forward to hearing from our participants about new startup and acceleration activity in each of their rapidly evolving countries!