Expa Labs? Does anyone know anything about Garrett Camp's accelerator?

3 points·jhyoner··2 comments

Was curious if anyone knows anyone who has actually been through this program and whether startups really spend time working with Garrett himself?

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My co-founder and I also went through this program building our company, Chalet. It was a fantastic experience. Everyone at Expa is smart, talented and very interested in helping the Labs companies succeed in whatever they can; similar to how @mikeschmidt describes, it's almost like they are members of your team.

You get a lot of access to and support from the partners. During our first month in the program, at a meeting with Garrett, we actually got some of the best advice and directional support we'd ever received. Without just that meeting, our company would not be the same as it is today.

My co-founder, Michelle Cunningham, also wrote up a short blog post about our experience with the program: https://blog.withchalet.com/chalet-expa-our-take-on-labs-b32...

My co-founder, @navied and I were in the first batch with our startup, Dovetale. In a nutshell I'd say it's less "accelerator" and "incubator" and more studio with partners as part time employees helping you build. It's a very unique experience. I wrote a piece here that might be helpful.

https://medium.com/@mikeschmidt/my-expa-labs-experience-447f...

We spent time with Garret + the other partners very often. Each partner has different interests and is valuable in different ways. Since you work out of the same space you see them all the time. Working at Expa HQ definitely has other advantages but this is high on my list :)

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