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Fellowship Overview
The Make Startups Executive Fellowship increases the impact potential and operational capacity of executives in entrepreneurship support, ecosystem building, and economic development organizations.
Key Components: Six-month program with 2 in-person immersions, bi-weekly online training, one-on-one advising, peer coaching, and local field building initiatives.
Goals: Equip executives with skills in strategic partnership building, accessing WIOA funding, delivering AI-enabled training, economic impact reporting, and entrepreneurial advocacy.
Fellowship Pillars
Sustainable Ecosystem Building: Enabling increased funding and better measurement of outcomes by entrepreneurial support programs at the local, state, and national level.
Inclusive Entrepreneurial Training, Support, & Connections: Emphasis on the role of ecosystem builders and economic developers creating opportunities for disadvantaged and underrepresented groups in entrepreneurship.
Long Term Economic Impact: Centering the potential for job creation, inclusive growth, and generational wealth through entrepreneurship training programs that lead to business success.
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The Fellowship provides programmatic frameworks for mutually beneficial partnerships with:
Capital providers
Economic development authorities
Policy Makers
Other Startup Ecosystem players
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The Fellowship equips participants to be ecosystem experts in:
-Accessing workforce development funding for training programs
-Designing & delivering industry recognized credentials
-Measuring entrepreneurial skills gains
-Documenting startup impacts through household income, job creation and large scale economic impact.
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The Fellowship provides cutting eduge software to make the following more efficient and scalable:
-Cohort & mentor management
-Learning management & loan readiness
-Connections to capital
-Economic impact reporting
The Fellowship Experience
January 26th
Information Session
Timeline
Application Launch: January 5th
Application Window: January 5th - February 4th
Informational Webinar: January 26th
Selection & Notification: February 1st - February 9th
Cohort Confirmation: February 23rd
Program Schedule
Orientation: March 20
Training Dates: March 27, April 10, April 24, May 8, May 22, June 12, June 26, July 10, July 24, August 14, August 28;
All sessions 1pm-3pm EST
Immersions: tentatively April 14-17 (San Antonio, TX), Apr 30 - May2 (Richmond, VA)
Contact Information
Sponsorship & Media Inquires
Grace Belangia, Co-Founder
grace@makestartups.com
Application & Fellowship Operations
Erika Haskins, Head of Partnerships
ehaskins@makestartups.com