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I've curated a big directory of accelerator & incubator programs recently as I've applied to many of those with my startup - Episolo.com. I hope any maker can benefit from this resource!

August 21, 2020 Rejected two acquisition offers in the same week

Recently I got two acquisition offers in the same week. Moreover, they were the first offers I've received for Incubator List, and I rejected both.

They came as a big surprise to me, as I was on holiday and rarely checking my e-mails.

First one was 2 x ARR, second one was ~1.5 x ARR.

I was not even interested in selling it, as it brings a small but regular income with minimum effort. But every product is saleable for me, that's why I tried to negotiate by asking a bigger number, but it didn't work.

I am happy that I didn't sell it because I have big plans for Incubator List. Maybe I went out of my schedule a bit, due to the inconsistent mood and awkward agenda caused by COVID-19. But I am pretty sure that it will turn into something much bigger.

Offers came through IH & PH, btw. That's why once again I felt grateful to be a member of such a community.

June 3, 2020 Featured on Betalist!

I submitted Incubator List to Betalist a month ago, and today I woke up with a tweet saying it is featured! I will share the stats here for transparency.

https://betalist.com/startups/incubator-list

May 18, 2020 Completely new & faster UI

I've updated the whole design of incubatorlist.com as it was eye-bleeding and Craiglist stylish. I hope it is much better now. Please feel free to roast it.

  • Multiple filtering is enabled
  • All responsive, mobile is much faster
  • Pagespeed score is now 97

PS. my copycat product is banned from Product Hunt 馃帀 (and it took minimum effort) - Again, thanks for all the support!

I've learned that ignoring is the best solution, but filing a DMCA report is very easy & useful as well in those kinds of situations.

May 2, 2020 All of my content is stolen by an IndieHacker

Word-by-word, line-by-line, all my website's content is stolen by @daxeelsoni. All 420+ programs, 20+ data points. Please help me about what actions I should take. He even launched it on PH, omg.

--UPDATE-- He desperately started changing some information after I told him he was even using my sponsor links. Initial version is available here if you're interested 馃憞

https://web.archive.org/web/20200502084009/https://startuparound.com/startup-incubators-and-accelerators

My product: incubatorlist.com
My PH launch: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/incubator-list

This is his launch with my stolen content: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/400-startup-accelerators

It is the same word by word, line by line, bit by bit, every single word. I don't know what to do, but all my efforts are stolen in a minute, this is so sad.

April 16, 2020 Launched IncubatorList on Product Hunt!

Finally, I launched incubatorlist.com on Product Hunt! 馃帀馃樆馃憡

I would like to thank each one of you for your support so far, you've been extremely helpful to me with your feedback and helped me to believe in this tiny side-project!

If you would like to show some support & love 馃憞

https://www.producthunt.com/posts/incubator-list

April 8, 2020 34K pageviews & 9K users last month!

Incubator List got 34K+ page views and 9K+ users since March 1! 馃帀馃コ馃帄 (I admit it is slightly more than a month 馃槀)

This month was much different because most of the traffic came either directly or from Google (%73). I think I started to reap the benefits of my small but really effective SEO efforts - which I ignored all the time so far, either as an entrepreneur or as a full-stack dev.

Today, I am going to add filter to the homepage, add a few new programs before I launch it on Product Hunt tomorrow.

Yes, tomorrow is the big day, so wish me good luck and please support by your upvotes!

March 18, 2020 First 2 sponsors!

Yesterday, I received the payments of my first two sponsorships on the same day for incubatorlist.com and I'm very excited to share this milestone with all of you!

Actually, both these sponsors made the sponsorship offer a while ago, but I couldn't concentrate on the product for a while due to the depressive mood caused by Coronavirus and self-isolation (thanks for their patience). But recently, I pulled myself together and now I'm back on track! Now I realize a maker's remedy is always, to make!

March 10, 2020 Updated the design

Many people complained about the colors of incubatorlist.com so far, but I was on the positive side and didn't want to change it completely. But the previous design was too sharp, having many borders, thick lines and an eye-tiring font, I decided to update the design with minor tweaks. Hope it is better!

  • Replaced the colors with a few tones dimmer
  • Changed the font with a smoother one from the same family
  • Removed eye-tiring borders
  • Restricted the color palette to 3 colors instead of 4
  • Updated the header and made it standard for all pages
  • Removed Disqus - its design is terrible, not adjustable and besides it is killing the page load. Instead, I will build my own comment module.
March 4, 2020 Added 80+ startup programs & various new metrics

I've added more than 80 startup programs to incubatorlist.com and 8 other key information about all the programs as requested, including:

  • Crunchbase rank
  • Number of investments
  • Number of exits
  • Founded year
  • Program type
  • Type of funding
  • Total funding raised
  • Number of alumni startups

By tomorrow, I will be adding a filtering based on key information in addition to 100+ new programs.

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I've curated a big directory of accelerator & incubator programs recently as I've applied to many of those with my startup - Episolo.com. I hope any maker can benefit from this resource!