Treat the accelerator application as a job interview. In the end, it is a competition so you want to make sure you’re reflected in the best way possible. Here’s some tips we can share that will greatly help your chances of getting accepted into the program of your choice.nnTailor your application for the specific accelerator. It’s very obvious when you’ve taken one single application, and have just blasted it out to every accelerator on the planet with an open application. We pick up on this, and founders that do this very rarely get next phase.nnSend in your pitch decks as a PDF. Sending a Powerpoint or Keynote file is just asking to run into trouble. There’s just too many wildcards involved with doing this, sending a PDF insures your pitch deck will look exactly the way you want it to.nnFill out the application entirely. Sure, not all of the questions are required, but the more information you give us the better decision we can make regarding your startup’s application.nnRead the application in its entirety! This drives us absolutely crazy, when we get questions about the application that are very clearly addressed in the application itself. It just makes you look lazy.nnTry to be original Like everything else, that accelerator you’re applying to has seen 100’s if not 1000’s of applications before yours.After a while, they all start to look the same. Don’t be afraid to break past the mold and have your application be a little bit more memorable.