Phil talks to Danielle Scarzello the program manager for Distillery Labs gBETA it runs multiple times every year in cities across the United States. Up to five companies from a range of verticals are selected from a competitive applicant pool to participate in the free seven-week program. Participating companies receive:

• Individualized coaching and mentorship from the team of nationally ranked accelerator gener8tor on company growth and investor readiness

• Weekly "Lunch & Learns" and "Mentor Swarms"

• Investor and accelerator pitches

• $1M+ in deals and perks from vendors like IBM Cloud, Rackspace, Amazon, Paypal, Zendesk, Hubspot and Microsoft

• Ongoing post-program support and gener8tor community involvement and offerings

gBETA's goal is that graduates will go on to participate in an investment accelerator or raise a seed round. You can see gBETA's progress against these goals he