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    We've led over 25 programs in nine states. We can customize a solution, big or small, to meet your program's goals.

    FLEX Acceleration

    Plug-and-play founder training and coaching, focused on business model validation and product-market fit.

    Fluency Score

    Real-time diagnostic data on your portfolio of companies' business stage and growth, showing the direct impact of your programs' value.

    Capital Fluency

    SBA-backed training program to help first-time founders build their capital network, long before their first raise.

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    2Gether International
    757
    AEO
    Bio-Connect
    Bronze Valley
    Catapult
    Co-Lab
    DoD SBIR STTR
    ECC
    Firepoint
    Growth Factory
    Icelab
    InBIA
    ITEN
    JPEC
    Launch LNK
    Lighthouse Labs
    Moosejaw
    Nxtus
    Philly
    PIE
    RedCedar
    Riot
    Saint Mary's
    SCCF
    SCN
    SEA
    Startup
    The NIIC
    Trinity
    UF Innovate
    Valley Ventures
    Vane
    Velocity Accelerator
    VIPC
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    Programs Led
    150+
    Founders Served
    10
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    "This program is like a unicorn."
    Investors in Geyser Systems (Fluent alum)
    "Fluency Scores give us the valuable information we need to win grants, onboard more entrepreneurs, and move our ecosystem forward."
    Debbie Irwin, Staunton Creative Community Fund
    "The Fluent team has exceeded our expectations. Their effective content and easy plug-and-play systems for founders are PHENOMENAL. In essence, our staff has doubled!"
    Laurie Watje, UNI JPEC
    "Adding Fluency Scores as a part of our multi step review process gave our team confidence that we were making the best decisions on behalf of our fund and the companies."
    Kellie Clark, Innovation Depot
    "We raised $1M after graduating from a Fluent-powered program, after spending five years trying to grow our startup with help from other accelerators."
    Founder, Mixtroz (Fluent alum)
    "Fluency Scores helped us identify areas where companies needed the most help and allowed us to measure the impact of our accelerator program."
    Kirk Burton, CO.LAB
    "The Fluency Score helped us make smart, informed decisions about how to deploy $350K in investments this year alone."
    Devon Laney, Velocity Accelerator
    "The training yesterday was GREAT! Everyone really enjoyed the interactive portion and it allowed, in a fun way, solid reinforcement of the concept. If we could get her back for AGILE training, I'd sign my entire team (and several other staff) up immediately."
    LLCHD workshop attendee
    "Better returns for investors and equity in the way capital is deployed both become a reality with this technology."
    Sara Batterby, Equity Capital Collective
    "The Fluency Score, as a data tool, makes it obvious how to hit the ground running with founders in your program on day one."
    Laura Shibut, Lighthouse Labs
    "Fluent taught us the skills we needed to do the 'hows' of starting up a company. We took those skills and went from $0 revenue to more than $100K in contracts while in the program. Truly a game-changer."
    Founder, Zentainer (Fluent alum)
    "The FLEX Acceleration program has helped our entrepreneurs harness their full potential. One of our entrepreneurs even closed $160,000 worth of contracts in just two weeks of FLEX experiments."
    Debbie Irwin, Staunton Creative Community Fund
    "By leveraging Fluency Scores across Virginia's network of startup accelerators and other entrepreneurial support organizations, we are better positioned to measure the impact of these programs over time."
    Sean Mallon, CIT
    "I knew I was supposed to be building a growth machine, but didn't actually know how until Fluent."
    Founder, Smart Alto (YC alum, Fluent alum)

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    Fluent is an innovation studio, based in Cambridge MA, serving founders and ESOs nationwide. We're entrepreneurs first, bringing best practices for entrepreneur support to communities like yours.

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