Hey hey! Membership and Judging are the easiest items to get, and that's why i think your attorney really wants you hit that. You don't have to join a accelera

Hey hey! Membership and Judging are the easiest items to get, and that's why i think your attorney really wants you hit that. You don't have to join a accelerator where you have to give up equity. You could do something like ODF, or any program that has a selection process, is somewhat known and has a acceptance rate criteria. You could frame your VC as a membership too. For example YC is both a membership and a VC, Antler another. As long as your VC has a small membership page or program somewhere, you could frame it as such. Judging is super simple, reach out to hackathons hosted by your friends, or in your area and ask if you can judge. Do a few, maybe 2-3. Try to get competitions where you co-judge are from companies with brand names like AWS, google, etc. That helps too.