{"id":43723,"date":"2016-03-10T14:11:41","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T00:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=43723"},"modified":"2019-01-03T13:32:05","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T23:32:05","slug":"uh-accelerator-program-xlr8uh-open-for-summer-2016-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/03\/10\/uh-accelerator-program-xlr8uh-open-for-summer-2016-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> accelerator program <abbr title=\"accelerate U H\">XLR8UH<\/abbr> open for summer 2016 applications"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/xlr8uh-summer2016-2.jpg\" alt=\"X L R 8 U H summer 2016\" width=\"620\" height=\"330\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/xlr8uh-summer2016-2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/xlr8uh-summer2016-2-260x138.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"clear:both;\">The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>&#8217;s nationally recognized venture accelerator program <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xlr8uh.com\/\"><abbr>XLR8UH<\/abbr><\/a> is accepting applications for its 4th cohort taking place in summer 2016. Applications are open to all students, faculty, staff and alumni of the 10 campus University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> System. <\/p>\n<p><strong>On Campus Information Sessions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/xlr8uh-summer-16-on-campus-info-session-1-tickets-22711900907\">March 15, 4:30 p.m. at the iLab (Building 37)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/xlr8uh-summer-16-on-campus-info-session-2-tickets-22712277032\">April 5, 4:30 p.m. at the iLab (Building 37)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Downtown Information Session<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/xlr8uh-summer-16-downtown-info-session-tickets-22752088108\">March 29 \u2013 <abbr>XLR8UH<\/abbr> <abbr>HQ<\/abbr><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The award-winning program provides two funding tracks depending upon the maturity of the idea, startup or innovation. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Phase <abbr title=\"one\">I<\/abbr>: Proof-of-Concept<br \/>\nStartups are focused on developing their proof of concept, i.e. taking concept and\/or intellectual property, identifying the greatest market potential, converting that into a minimum viable product and working towards &ldquo;product-market fit.&rdquo; <\/li>\n<li>Phase <abbr title=\"two\">II<\/abbr>: Commercialization <br \/>\nStartups are more focused on commercialization, i.e. taking their minimum viable product to market, completing beta testing and refining other aspects of the business with the goal of getting ready to raise funds from outside investors. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In just over a year, <abbr>XLR8UH<\/abbr>  has graduated 15 companies from its program that have raised millions in capital and generated hundreds of thousands in revenue. <\/p>\n<p>Submit your application or get more information about <abbr>XLR8UH<\/abbr>  and upcoming info sessions at <a href=\"http:\/\/xlr8uh.com\/\">XLR8UH.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n<h2><abbr>XLR8UH<\/abbr> : Turning research into viable products and businesses<\/h2>\n<div class=\"responsive-video-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Kn1oxnmf7AU?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>&#8217;s nationally recognized venture accelerator program <abbr>XLR8UH<\/abbr> is accepting applications for its 4th cohort taking place in summer 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[498,734,332,947,56,594],"class_list":["post-43723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-business","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-hawaii-innovation-initiative","tag-uh-system","tag-video-2","tag-xlr8uh","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43723"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87033,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43723\/revisions\/87033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}