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# Is an accelerator still worth doing for your business in 2026?
- URL: https://www.founderbounty.com/is-an-accelerator-still-worth-doing-for-your-business-in-2025/
- Published: 2025-01-21T12:39:54.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-02T20:47:07.000Z
- Author: Vlad Kozul
- Tags: Venture capital and Fundraising

The answer is YES. If its a top-tier accelerator like [Ycombinator](https://ycombinator.com/?ref=founderbounty.com) you should definitely do it. I have worked in finance and well as been through Techstars and have seen it all in the world of startups.

[How to build a $20M fuel business. Lessons learned from Building Europe’s first On Demand fuel station from its COOBefore Shell tap-up and Cafu and others, we built Europe’s first on demand fuel station. We saw the future, we had an amazing team and we were ready to go. I was the COO of pompfuel and we were there from the start.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2b/26/2b26b1fd-73cd-4f02-8e47-30befb47b417/content/images/icon/F-3-1.png)FounderBountyVlad Kozul![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2b/26/2b26b1fd-73cd-4f02-8e47-30befb47b417/content/images/thumbnail/1_mphLI78dr4_VTtnWUOOrMg.jpg)](https://www.founderbounty.com/lessons-learned-from-building-europes-first-ondemand-fuel-station-from-its-coo/)

## Its hard enough to build a business but here are some of the positives:

1) the support

2) the network you need. For example, pilots you will need with corporates

3) Access to investors

## The negatives:

1) taking your time

2) The equity you have to give up

## Conclusion:

If you have to build, remember it would be a good idea to build with a top-tier accelerator. But not ALL are equity, however, if its YC, definitely take it or apply if you have not done so.

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## CHECK OUT THIS ARTICLE

[Is antler or any accelerator worth doing to start my companyEntrepreneurs do need a lot of support and it’s not easy to build a company. The antler ecosystem is great and the networking with high caliber people is top-notch. If you are looking for an experience that combines motivation top MBA compared with seasoned entrepreneurs such as myself, (feel free to add me on LinkedIn) I would suggest going for antler.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2b/26/2b26b1fd-73cd-4f02-8e47-30befb47b417/content/images/icon/F-3-2.png)FounderBountyVlad Kozul![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2b/26/2b26b1fd-73cd-4f02-8e47-30befb47b417/content/images/thumbnail/StockSnap_NJTXVEAEMC.jpg)](https://www.founderbounty.com/is-antler-worth-doing/)

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