FAQs

Is Stimula an accelerator, like Y Combinator?

No. Stimula is a virtual platform to connect you directly with the resource you need, when you need it. Each product enables the acquisition and management of a particular resource. Need expert help? Get expertise. Need investment? Raise capital. Need to reach potential early adopters? Launch and sell your product. No fixed cohorts or programs. Broadly accessible to all. Pay only for what you need, when you need it, to the level you require. Here are the key resources you need; chart your own course to succeed. Stimula takes the entrepreneurial services industry, and platformizes it.

Does Stimula compete with incubators or accelerators?

No. In fact, Stimula sees them as potential customers, because some people value the rigor, structure, and external pressure that accelerators provide, and accelerators want to have the best potential startups in their cohorts and programs. Too many people with good ideas, however, don’t know how to get their idea (or grow their teams) to the point that makes them competitive for accelerator programs, can’t finance the development of the minimum viable product accelerator programs typically require, and can’t reach the early adopters to demonstrate the traction such programs demand. Incubators may provide physical co-working places, support incorporating, and may even organize events, but it’s often restricted, locally constrained, and done on their terms, not yours. Stimula let’s you access what you need when you need it, from a global resource pool of talent, financing, and eager early adopters across the virtual entrepreneurship community.

If I’m not an ideator, what’s in it for me?

Stimula is all about interoperability. There are no supporting roles. Every product has a clear value proposition for each role. Whether you act as an expert, a financier, a consumer, or a community member, you stand to benefit. Experts can monetize and capitalize their talents, and diversify their income when and how they want to. Financiers can simultaneously expand, refine, and manage their dealflow of startup investments. Consumers can get tomorrow’s products first and connect with entrepreneurship directly. To learn more about these benefits, click here.

What about all the existing freelancer, crowdfunding, product launch, and community platforms? What makes Stimula different?

Stimula starts with the end to end vision in mind. Stimula isn’t just any one of these things, it’s all of these things, simultaneously. You can switch between platforms to get and manage the resource you need when you need it, knowing that this information is reflected across all the platforms in real time. You can switch your role on each of these platforms and connect with others across platforms in order to achieve interactions that simply isn’t possible elsewhere. You can access the resources you need at the depth you desire, on demand. This is what full-stack capability gives you. This is what startup-as-a-service means.

How do I begin using Stimula’s solutions?

Stimula is working on building the end-to-end path to allow you to ignite ventures. Get started here or get in touch below to be alerted when Stimula launches!