2014 was an awesome year for idealabs! Want to get to know our entrepreneurial ecosystem? Check out this 2014 review. We gathered some numbers (metrics) that describe 2014, along with some pictures taken with my phone. Enjoy, and don't forget: Stop Talking, Start Building

1. IDEALABS 2014: NUMBERS
THAT (DON’T) MATTER

2. ALMOST 100K VIEWS ON SLIDESHARE!
2013: 1 YEAR IDEALABS
AN ENTREPRENEURIAL
JOURNEY
VANITY METRICS. OOPS!

3. I’m Cedric. I’m the marketing
and program manager of the
Telenet Idealabs accelerator.
This was idealabs in 2014!

4. ANALYTICS IS THE MEASUREMENT OF
MOVEMENT TOWARDS YOUR BUSINESS GOALS
”
”
BLEH: LET’S HAVE SOME FUN!

5. IDEALABS 2014: YEAR IN REVIEW
SOME NUMBERS THAT MATTER
AND SOME THAT ARE USELESS.
HAVE FUN!

6. 1 WEDDING IN MUMBAI
1 FREE BIZ CLASS UPGRADE
7 INSPIRING TALKS IN SCHOOLS
1 ACCELERATOR ASSEMBLY IN MADRID
2 GLASSHOLES
2 CUTE FOUNDER PICS
10 MENTIONS IN THE PRESS
1 AWKWARD TEAM PHOTO SHOOT
AN INFINITE AMOUNT OF SELFIES
1 PEBBLE WATCH APP
1 FUNNY BARISTA
1 INTERVIEW W/ BART DE WEVER
1 BIG ASS ANNOUNCEMENT
1 BIG ASS LAUNCH EVENT
1 MAJOR LAUNCH PARTY HANGOVER
1 LIFE CHANGING PARTNERSHIP
1 INTERVIEW ON NATIONAL TV
500 KIDS LEARNING HOW TO CODE
5 MOMENTS WHEN BELGIUM STOPPED BUILDING
450 APPLICATIONS FOR THE TELENET IDEALABS ACCELERATOR
1 DELIBERATION DURING SUNSET
2 PITCHING ROUNDS
1 NEW TEAM MEMBER
10 FINAL STARTUPS FOR THE TELENET IDEALABS ACCELERATOR PROGRAM!
1 BRAND NEW STARTUP FLOOR
1 STARTUP PITCHING AT TECHCRUNCH DISRUPT
€850K RAISED BY IDEALABS ALUMNI
73 MENTORS IN OUR NETWORK
7 MENTOR DINNERS
58 EVENTS
3000 EVENT ATTENDEES
1 TRIP TO AMSTERDAM
A GAZILLION COFFEES
1 FOUNDER WHO IS GOING TO MAKE A DENT IN THE UNIVERSE
14 STARTUP DIGESTS
35 PEOPLE HIRED BY OUR STARTUPS
55 ENTREPRENEURS IN OUR BUILDING
WOW. SUCH AMAZED.
SUCH GROWTH.

7. IN A STARTUP, FOCUS IS HARD
TO ACHIEVE.
”
”

8. 1 WEDDING IN MUMBAI#
#

9. 1 FREE BIZ CLASS UPGRADE#
#

10. 7 INSPIRING TALKS IN SCHOOLS#
#

11. PROTOTYPING
WORKSHOP

12. THIS DUDE SCARES
ME

13. 1 ACCELERATOR
ASSEMBLY IN MADRID#
#

14. 2 GLASSHOLES #
#

15. GLASS, TAKE A
PIC!

16. 2 CUTE FOUNDER PICS#
#

17. #CUTIEPIES

18. 10 MENTIONS IN THE PRESS#
#

19. IDEALABS LISTED AS A
TOP ACCELERATOR IN
EU

20. BEATSWITCH FUNDING
ANNOUNCEMENT

21. SIGN2PAY

22. CEDRIC DEWEECK: WHY
ENTREPRENEURSHIP CAN’T
BE TAUGHT AT SCHOOL

23. POSE LIKE A
BOSS

24. 1 AWKWARD TEAM PHOTO SHOOT#
#

25. AN INFINITE AMOUNT OF SELFIES#
#

26. SELFIE WITH
NEELIE KROES!

27. TOP OF THE
WORLD (ANTWERP)

28. 1 PEBBLE WATCH APP#
#

29. 1 FUNNY BARISTA#
#

30. 1 INTERVIEW W/ BART DE WEVER#
#

31. BIG ASS
ANNOUCEMENT

32. 1 BIG ASS LAUNCH EVENT#
#

33. COVERED
UNDER A TENT!

34. 1 PANEL ON THE BE
STARTUP ECOSYSTEM

35. 2 HAPPY BUT TIRED
TEAM MEMBERS

36. ROOFTOP
LAUNCHPARTY

37. 1 MAJOR LAUNCH PARTY HANGOVER#
#

38. INSPIRING,
EDUCATING AND
ACCELERATING
ENTREPRENEURS.
TURNING IDEAS
INTO GROWTH COMPANIES
1 LIFE CHANGING PARTNERSHIP#
#

39. INSPIRE!
OPEN COFFEE
MATCHMAKING EVENTS
OPEN PITCH NIGHTS
STARTUP EVENTS

40. EDUCATE
12 COURSE LEAN STARTUP CAMPUS
GO FROM IDEA TO STARTUP!
LEARNING BY DOING
SHARING OF BEST PRACTICES
CURATED CONTENT

41. ACCELERATE
TELENET IDEALABS:
FIRST VERTICAL ACCELERATOR
FROM IDEA TO WORKING
PRODUCT AND SALES
4 MONTHS: SHAPE BUILD LAUNCH
4-8 MONTHS: GROW! GROW!
GROW!

43. 1 INTERVIEW ON NATIONAL TV#
#

44. 500 KIDS LEARNING HOW TO CODE#
#

45. 5 MOMENTS WHEN BELGIUM
STOPPED BUILDING #
#

46. 450 APPLICATIONS FOR THE
TELENET IDEALABS ACCELERATOR#
#

47. 32
FROM
COUNTRIES
450
WE RECEIVED
APPLICATIONS
ON MAY 15 WE
OPENED OUR
CALL FOR
STARTUPS
APPLICATIONS
TOP 5SKILLS & MARKETS
SELECTING THE BEST TEAMS
1

48. 1 DELIBERATION DURING SUNSET#
#

49. 2 PITCHING ROUNDS#
#

50. 1 NEW TEAM MEMBER#
#

51. 10 FINAL STARTUPS FOR THE TELENET
IDEALABS ACCELERATOR PROGRAM!#
#

52. INTRODUCING THE FINAL 10
EACH TEAM RECEIVES €25K FUNDING AND MENTORING
GECKOMATICS
Automated street
imaging.
SCRIPTBOOK
Forecasting box-office
success of films by
data mining
screenplays.
APPRENTUS
A marketplace that
helps people to find
private teachers
nearby.
CAMPR
A peer to peer
platform to find
exciting camping
locations.
SALESFLARE
One easy sales tool
for your sales team.
HOPLR
A platform that
enables
neighborhoods to
organize everyday life.
GET ON AIR
Combines live
videos into one stream
to show whats
happening in the world.
PITH LI
The yellow marker
for the digital age.
DOT
Twitter meets Yelp
meets Google Maps.
INTUO
Improving and
commercializing
product support pages
for businesses.
GECKOMATICS
Apprentus is a
marketplace that
helps people find
private teachers
based on location.
AN AMAZING ENTREPRENEURIAL JOURNEY
STARTS NOW!

53. 1 BRAND NEW STARTUP FLOOR#
#

54. 5 AMAZING PARTNERS#
#

55. 1 STARTUP PITCHING AT
TECHCRUNCH DISRUPT#
#

56. STARTUPS ROOTING
FOR SIGN2PAY

57. #CUTIEPIES
€850K RAISED BY IDEALABS ALUMNI#
#

58. 73 MENTORS IN OUR NETWORK#
#

59. XAVIER DAMMAN
(STORIFY)

60. OMAR MOHOUT (BE STARTUP
GURU) WHEN HE ONLY HAD
100 TWITTER FOLLOWERS

61. FRANK MAENE

62. 7 MENTOR DINNERS#
#

63. HEALTHY FUEL FOR A
LONG MENTOR SESSION

64. MENTORS &
STARTUPS

65. 58 EVENTS #
#

66. MEETUPS

67. LAUNCH PARTIES

68. FOUNDER
STORIES

69. CORPORATE
PITCH EVENTS

70. USER TESTING
NIGHTS

71. MATCHMAKING
BBQ’S

72. OPEN PITCH
NIGHTS

73. STARTUP
CLASSES

74. 3000 EVENT ATTENDEES#
#

75. 1 TRIP TO AMSTERDAM#
#

76. STORY OF FAIR
PHONE

77. TEQUILA, OOPS!

78. PAINFUL, BUT
BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE

79. A GAZILLION COFFEES#
#

80. 1 FOUNDER WHO IS GOING TO MAKE
A DENT IN THE UNIVERSE#
#

81. 14 STARTUP DIGESTS#
#

82. 35 PEOPLE HIRED BY OUR STARTUPS#
#

83. 55 ENTREPRENEURS IN OUR
BUILDING #
#

84. IDEAS ARE WORTH NOTHING,
EXECUTION IS WORTH EVERYTHING
”
”

85. WE’RE LOOKING FOR
PEOPLE THAT CAN EXECUTE
GO TO TALENT.IDEALABS.BE
”
”

86. This was 2014 for Idealabs, let’s
make 2015 even better!
!
#STOPTALKINGSTARTBUILDING