Accelerate: Founder Insights Into Accelerator Programs

Have you ever wondered what successful entrepreneurs learn from world-leading startup accelerator programs?

Accelerate is the first comprehensive guide to the fast-paced world of accelerator programs featuring 230 accelerator programs spread across 46 different countries. Included in this book are responses from over 150 entrepreneurs whose businesses have benefited from participating in an accelerator.

If you are an entrepreneur who is thinking about applying to an accelerator program, or do not even know what an accelerator program is, Accelerate is an essential tool to establishing a base-knowledge about how and where to apply.

Luke Deering is Co-founder and CEO at VineUp. Prior to VineUp, Luke worked for Estée Lauder before joining New York City startup Panjiva, shortly after it raised $5m in venture capital funding.

Luke is an avid basketball player, winning the Under 20's British National Basketball Championship in 2001, while attending the National Sports academy in Durham England. Luke's passion for basketball was the catalyst for his move from the UK to the US.

After suffering an injury and returning to the UK, Luke turned his efforts from basketball to academia and made a second move to the US. Upon returning, he attended several colleges before settling at Montclair State University on a full academic scholarship. Despite struggling with dyslexia, Luke went on to become Academic All-American and was presented with several other awards including The Wall-Street Journal Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement.

Luke holds a degree in Economics.