{"id":6830,"date":"2013-04-17T20:24:02","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T20:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itnigblog.live-website.com\/?p=6830"},"modified":"2020-06-11T13:21:49","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T13:21:49","slug":"welcome-to-itnigs-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itnig.net\/blog\/welcome-to-itnigs-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to itnig\u2019s blog!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"c78a\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--h3\">Hopefully, this will start a series of interesting posts about startups and any information that can be valuable to them.<\/p>\n<p id=\"830b\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">What is itnig?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"879f\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">itnig is an\u00a0<strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">accelerator<\/strong>, labeled like this mainly because of the powerful network effect of the term, now broadly used in the startup scene. However, here at itnig we do not care much about the standard way an accelerator is supposed to work.<\/p>\n<p id=\"e45e\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">itnig is a<strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">\u00a0startup<\/strong>\u00a0that strives to master business development in the most rational and scientific way. We select entrepreneurs who share the same spirit and harbour crazy and ambitious business visions, we participate in their projects and help them make their plans come true no matter what stands in our way. Accepting risk is something that turns us on. Seriously.<\/p>\n<p id=\"4022\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">itnig\u00a0<strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">doesn\u2019t give away cash<\/strong>, but it provides the startups with more that they can buy with it. We offer the teams a place to work and live together. We help them find the most suitable mentors among our network, we get them inside our learning and experimantation program, we roll up our sleeves to write really awesome code, we participate creating alpha and beta versions of the products and interpret user data from the market, we come up with killer online marketing strategies, we jointly develop financing plans to sustain the projects and we share our network of partners offering the best services to them: legal, accounting, delivery and anything necessary. We are very good at assembling \u201cA-Teams\u201d that get the job done. We hold workshops and events about almost everything related to our world, every day.<\/p>\n<p id=\"d302\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">We share expenses with entrepreneurs in the starting phase in order to sustain the projects and be able to grow.<\/p>\n<p id=\"4881\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">We are proud of being in Europe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"610d\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">We never really understood\u00a0<strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">why entrepreneurs are abandoning our continent<\/strong>\u00a0to go to Silicon Valley, all the more so as getting a US visa is among the most difficult achievements for mankind. Proportionally, very few European born and grown startups make it to the global markets, the best teams fly away to other places and most European accelerators offer, as great value propositions, direct bridges to the US in order to move their startups to the Disneyland of entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n<p id=\"5588\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">We are quite<strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">\u00a0fed up with economic and political pessimism<\/strong>, and we believe we can do better by creating growing organizations in spite of crisis and social meltdowns. We know for a fact that Europe is filled with skilled entrepreneurs and talented professionals that can really make a difference and conquer the world with their products and services. So be it!<\/p>\n<p id=\"0b24\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">We are hackers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"7292\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">We are a bunch of individuals filled with\u00a0<strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">curiosity, energy, passion and perseverance.<\/strong>\u00a0We identify ourselves as hackers, and those who apply for our process as well. And we bring\u00a0<strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">hacker\u2019s culture directly into our everyday business strategies.<\/strong>\u00a0The following are some examples:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"postList\">\n<li id=\"29cd\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--p\">Sharing tools and information<\/li>\n<li id=\"dd2d\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li\">Openness and transparency<\/li>\n<li id=\"62d5\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li\">Decentralization and horizontality<\/li>\n<li id=\"f25e\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li\">Hands-on imperative<\/li>\n<li id=\"3a02\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li\">Technology is central, it can be art and beauty<\/li>\n<li id=\"bb8a\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li\">Disregard for the status quo<\/li>\n<li id=\"6141\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li\">Commitment to find the most elegant and efficient solution to any problem<\/li>\n<li id=\"c385\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li\">Learning the how and why a system works in order to hack it and do it better<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"c255\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--li\">We are\u00a0<strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">independent<\/strong>\u00a0from government, universities and coorporations and plan to keep it that way in the future. We didn\u2019t call ourselves\u00a0<strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">\u201cThe hacker accelerator\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0as we started, but we\u2019ve been called like this continuously by others so we finally decided to use it as our tagline. Yes, we are very conscious of the controversy we cause by doing so.<\/p>\n<p id=\"f450\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">I hope you enjoy your stay at itnig!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hopefully, this will start a series of interesting posts about startups and any information that can be valuable to them. What is itnig? itnig is an\u00a0accelerator, labeled like this mainly because of the powerful network effect of the term, now broadly used in the startup scene. 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