Is an accelerator still worth doing for your business in 2026?

The answer is YES. If its a top-tier accelerator like Ycombinator 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 COO

Before 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.

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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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Is antler or any accelerator worth doing to start my company

Entrepreneurs 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.

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