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Anyone who's seriously contemplating an innovation program with startups really should know about the Forum."
--Accelerator leader

The Corporate Accelerator Forum brings together corporate innovation leaders who are on the accelerator journey -- considering, operating, or having discontinued a startup engagement program such as an accelerator. In short, if your corporation works with startups as part of your innovation strategy, you have interests and experiences in common with our community. Join us!

Leading startup innovation for an established incumbent is fraught with challenging questions, such as:

Why are accelerators born, and why do they die?
What are the goals of accelerators?
What counts as success?
How do we tell the stories?
What is the range of accelerator designs?
Which designs suit which conditions?
How do we navigate the relationship between the accelerator and headquarters?
What stops our favorite startups from moving forward with us? And on and on.

We need a place where people like us can talk about the opportunities and challenges in our work. And we need to learn from each other -- no individual or corporation can see the whole landscape alone.

The Forum first gathered in Fall of 2017, driven by the need for corporate innovation leaders who work with startups to talk with each other. We are now a Member-driven organization. In addition to our Annual Meeting, we hold multiple workshops, ecosystem events and startup collaboration bridges each year, produce reports and other content, and engage on an ongoing basis via a private online group. All of these experiences are grounded in the needs and interests of our Members.

Every CAF experience is crafted to optimize conversation between acceleration leaders. The best insights we've ever gotten at conferences came from intimate meetings with peers and experts. The Corporate Accelerator Forum skips the speeches and moves directly to the intimate meetings.

The Corporate Accelerator Forum is curated -- every Membership begins with a conversation. We're eager to learn about your corporate innovation journey, and glad to share more information about the Forum. Contact us for more information!