GEC Accelerator
Eight tracks for members who are building
The Accelerator is not a networking programme with a business-flavoured name. Each track is a structured engagement with a specific problem, run by practitioners, and open only to members.
Interest form
Accelerator cohorts open to new members periodically. Register your interest and we will keep you informed about timing for the next cohort.
Register your interestThe tracks
Choose the problem, not the track
Most members take two or three across the year. The bonus track is not optional.
- GEC-1
Entrepreneurial & Technical Training
For operators building the thing themselves. Product and service design, defensibility, and the technical literacy a CEO is usually assumed to have.
- GEC-2
Product Design & Engineering
How good products get made, how engineering and commercial reality collide, and how to hold a product vision through both.
- GEC-3
Industry Networking & Marketing
Positioning, narrative and the unglamorous work of building an industry presence rather than an audience.
- GEC-4
Public Equity Solutions
Preparing for, and surviving, public scrutiny. Disclosure, governance, and what changes about your job on the day you list.
- GEC-5
Executive Scaling
The jump from leading a team to leading an organisation. Delegation that is not abdication, and building a bench.
- GEC-6
Professional Community Resources
Association leadership, board seats outside your own company, and the civic work that builds a career rather than consuming one.
- GEC-7
Capital Partners
Access to angel investors, private lenders and grant providers — and the discipline of preparing a real data room.
- GEC-8
Accessing Seed Capital
Seed rounds specifically: what is actually being raised at this stage, from whom, and on what terms.
- Bonus
Mentorship & Accountability
The track everyone takes and nobody advertises. A member who commits to a number is paired with a member who will ask about it every month until it moves.
Pitch to OH
The quarterly investor summit
One submission from every member, per quarter, to the Pitch to OH investor summit. Angel investors, private lenders and grant providers sit in the room. This is the single most concrete thing the club does.
Ask about a submission- 01
Prepare
A one-page summary and a real data room. We will review it with you before it goes anywhere.
- 02
Submit
One submission per member per quarter, to the summit rather than to a contact.
- 03
Present
A short, structured pitch to the room. No pitches over five minutes.
- 04
Follow through
The part most programmes skip. We make sure somebody picks up the phone afterwards.
How a cohort runs
Cohorts open periodically and run for a fixed term, typically a quarter. Each track meets on its own cadence, with a practitioner leading rather than a curriculum.
What we ask of you
- Show up. A track you do not attend is a track that did not happen.
- Bring a real problem, not a hypothetical one.
- Do the work between sessions. This is the part that decides the outcome.
- Share what worked, including when the answer was no.
What you get
- Structured engagement with a specific, named problem.
- A track lead who has actually operated at the level you want to reach.
- Access to the quarterly investor summit.
- Mentorship and accountability through the bonus track.
Who it is for
Members who are building — a company, a practice, a platform, or a second act. The Accelerator is not for members who want introductions, and we will point you at a better fit if that is what you are after.
People / Purpose / Possibility
Register your interest
Accelerator membership interest opens to current and prospective members. Tell us which track you would start with.