Acorn targets business models that can reasonably forecast, generate, and sustain profitable revenue streams. The mission is to facilitate the development of successful, market-leading ventures through co-locating and nurturing new businesses at the Acorn Campus facility. In some cases, Acorn Campus will be reorganizing existing businesses. Contributing new business ideas, seed capital, professional/consulting services, and strategic alliances, Acorn Campus will be an intermediary for successful entrepreneurs and professionals. Throughout the developmental process, Acorn Campus will help to identify business needs, develop technologies, hone business models, and transform business concepts into scalable, profitable enterprises.

These key strengths position Acorn Campus ideally for success:

• Outstanding managing members with diverse backgrounds and skills, who bring exceptional insight and foresight as well as extensive professional and personal networks to Acorn Campus
• Unique environment for cultivating understanding of core technology assets and disruptive innovation, well equipped for the identification of new technologies and breakthrough products and concepts
• Value-added layer to classical venture process, that can be applied to start-ups and early stage organizations, derived from innovative approach and physical infrastructure
• Differentiated competitive strategy, whose key elements include scaling opportunities across geographies, winning the war for talent, and, where appropriate, working through strategic corporate alliances
• Synergies across portfolio companies
• Focused investment strategy paired with outstanding access to deal flow

Competitive Differentiation

Acorn is more than just an incubator or venture fund. The primary value of the Acorn Campus accelerator environment is in maximizing investment dollar value through economies of scale. Incubators are frequently "hit rate" businesses, relying on a large volume of projects within which only a small number of winners will be found. By contrast, Acorn Campus values quality over quantity and proprietary innovation processes.

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