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Pioneer 2.0 - A fully remote accelerator

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Pioneer is a fully remote startup accelerator. We fund projects and startups built by ambitious outsiders around the world.
We're updating our product with a standard investment deal, more funding options and more.

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Hey PH! Pioneer will soon hit a big milestone: we'll have funded 100 people from over 32 countries. Despite it only being a year, about 30% of our Pioneers that started companies have gone on to raise follow-on funding from the likes of Y-Combinator, General Catalyst, Village Global, and others. Once a player becomes a winner, we try to give them the benefits of being in Silicon Valley, but through the Internet. Some of our Pioneers have met their co-founders through Pioneer, an ultimate act of startup generation. Many of them have raised money by virtue of being a Pioneer. Just like other startups iterating on their product based on user feedback, we're iterating on ours. Here are some updates for our next release: 1. We're verticalizing: We’re going to take a dose of our own startup advice and focus on funding small projects that might turn into businesses. This lets us make something much better for a smaller audience. 2. We're simplifying our offer process: If you reach the top 50 after two weeks, you get reviewed. See the blog post for more details. 3. We're offering more funding: We'll offer Pioneers to advance to $20,000, $100,000, or even $1M at our discretion. Check out the blog post to learn more: If you're working on something interesting, big or small, we'd love to see you on the leaderboard!
Pioneer has been a great productivity hack for us. As an early stage startup founder it’s hard to get a benchmark for how you’re doing relative to your peers. Matching up head-to-head weekly is a great way to assess your progress. I like to describe it as “the hunger games crossed with a todo list”.
Pioneer has gamified getting more done. is more productive as a result. And the community keeps getting better!
We () were fortunate to get selected as Pioneers recently. I believed in Pioneer 1.0 and support v2.0
how did it worked for you guys? :)
Rather well, I must say. It gave us a chance to connect with great people and talk to more investors. Tons of insights we've got.
I did Pioneer with and it was the best decision I made in 2019. Highly recommended. Good job team!
We've been doing Pioneer since 5+ months with vinko.io and it has helped us a lot in setting goals, keeping progress, and getting feedback from fellow founders. As a gamified remote accelerator, Pioneer can be valuable for any kind of startups wherever it is.
I've been serving as a mentor for Pioneer, and I'm consistently impressed by the quality and sincerity of the Pioneers. Kudos to and
Pioneer has been great for me. You will absolutely find yourself working harder. You will find yourself working on a Sunday evening because you haven't yet completed the tasks that you said you would in last week's progress report. Accountability + gamification + incentives is a powerful way to boost productivity.
Pioneer has given us the best peer group we've ever had.
Wow @ the follow on funding stats! Congrats
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