Giving Compass' Take:

• The Accelerator Selection Tool created by Conveners will help social entrepreneurs find the right incubators and accelerators to help kickstart their ideas into successful businesses. 

• How is the Accelerator Selection Tool unique in it's approach to social entrepreneurship?

• Read about some advice that one social entrepreneur wanted to share with everyone else. 

Incorporating social good into your business model is no longer just a nice idea. Consumers have come to expect it and are even willing to pay more for a product from a company that has impact, accountability, and ethics at its core.

But launching a successful social impact startup, like any new business, requires financial support and guidance. Now, a new tool is helping social entrepreneurs find the right business accelerators to get their ideas off the ground.

The Accelerator Selection Tool, created by nonprofit Conveners in collaboration with Sphaera, ImpactSpace, and other partners, weeds through the hundreds of social impact accelerators out there in order to find the right one for you.

Users can search for accelerators by name or location, but the truly helpful feature is the ability to choose from a variety of filters in the top menu: Impact Region, Impact Focus, Program Offering, Corporate Form, Stage, and Travel.

The Accelerator Selection Tool has 750 accelerators in its database. People who work at accelerators, incubators, fellowship programs, and competitions can add themselves to the search results by creating a profile in ImpactSpace's database.

Read the full article about The Accelerator Selection Tool by Matt Patronzio at Mashable