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<span id="docs-internal-guid-ba4cd9e4-71f1-eb9b-50e2-d7aafb53873b"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One of the concerns with UTEC’s existing accelerator was that they focused mainly on building and helping startups and wasn’t or at all concerned with creating activities that promoted innovation to the community such as hackathons.</span></span>

= <span id="docs-internal-guid-ba4cd9e4-71f1-eb9b-50e2-d7aafb53873b"><span style="font-size: 26.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">GETTING STARTED</span></span> =

<span id="docs-internal-guid-ba4cd9e4-71f1-eb9b-50e2-d7aafb53873b"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Maintain your community by working on it every day. It is always good to measure where you have come from, to where you are now, so this stuff is important! Always try to quantify things like how many start-ups are formed in the community, or how many applications are developed, or how many I&E events the community attends, etc. Campus accelerators are popping up on international campuses and idea centers, so this community idea is spread all over the world!</span></span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-ba4cd9e4-71f1-eb9b-50e2-d7aafb53873b"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It is important to keep the community engaged. As people become invested, things tend to take off quickly. Make sure your community is welcoming and don’t be afraid to let other people take the reigns as it is easy to spin out. If people are inspired, remember that this community is their avenue to reach for the stars.</span></span>