Incubator Graduation Launches Entrepreneurs to Their Next Phase

The NYWSE Incubator Program celebrated the graduation of its six women social entrepreneurs and their venture teams at its finale on June 29, 2009 in a skylight corporate lounge at Baruch College. Incubator social entrepreneurs presented their ventures to a panel of distinguished experts hailing from diverse fields of social enterprise, such as venture capital, venture philanthropy, women’s and children’s initiatives, and business development, including women’s enterprises. The event was a unique opportunity for Incubator Program participants to showcase their achievements and to receive critical feedback in a supportive environment to help chart the post-Incubator phase of their businesses.

Among the accomplishments shared by the Incubator participants were securing the first financings of their ventures ranging from several hundred dollars to $50,000; piloting the first program of a new organization; introducing an expanded set of services to existing ventures; developing boards of directors; attracting new staff, volunteers, and partners; completing a business plan; and creating two first demo websites for Internet-based ventures. Other results included acceptance into follow on support programs, such as the GoodCompany Ventures VC Incubator Program and securing fiscal sponsorship for ongoing development, building upon the extensive personal, professional and organizational growth achieved over the past six months.

The expert panel was comprised of some of New York City’s strongest thought leaders in social innovation as listed below, and was guided by Angela Jia Kim, founder of Savor the Success(.com) and Om Aroma(.com), master of ceremonies of the event.

• Ana Oliviera, Executive Director, New York Women's Foundation (www.nywf.org)

• Cheryl Campbell, Manager-Business Grant Program, Eileen Fisher  (http://www.eileenfisher.com/ourcompany/cons/commitment.asp)

• Elmira Bayrasli, Vice President, Partnerships, Policy, and Outreach, Endeavor (www.endeavor.org)

• LaTeisha Moore, Founding Member of the Board, New York Venture Philanthropy Fund (www.nycvpf.org)

• Monica Dean, A. Director, Field Center for Entrepreneurship, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College (http://zicklin.baruch.cuny.edu/centers/field/)

• Rob Delman, Managing Director, Golden Seeds (www.goldenseeds.com)   

In addition to the generous contribution of their time and expertise of all experts, Elmira Bayrasli of Endeavor also offered individual presentation coaching to all entrepreneurs to benefit their future pitches based on video shot by Scott McClure.

The graduation event was also an important moment to celebrate the contribution of Incubator Program mentors and apprentices and acknowledged them for their vital role in enabling the social entrepreneurs to realize their visions. Mentors and apprentices (or junior partners) volunteered their time and expertise over six months to empower a woman to realize her dream to improve our communities and our lives. The Incubator Program is grateful and indebted to them for their generosity of spirit and time.

In conclusion, Incubator Program Founder and Manager Allison Lynch adapted the famous words of Margaret Mead to encapsulate the essence and intent of the Incubator Program: "Never doubt that a small group of (women) can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has." And so the Incubator Program did and will continue.

Many thanks are owed to Baruch College’s Field Center of Entrepreneurship for their support which made the Incubator Program and its graduation event so special, and to Program Coordinator Melissa Osborne and NYWSE Director Natalia Oberti Noguera for their dedication to the Incubator Program.

Incubator Friendraiser & Silent Auction

by A. Lauren Abele, NYWSE Mastermind-Mentoring Initiative (MMI) graduate

The New York Women Social Entrepreneurs (NYWSE) held their first ever Incubator Friendraiser last month. The private event was held at the Bowery Wine Company and was a fundraiser and silent auction for NYWSE's Incubator Program for budding women social entrepreneurs. The 2009 Incubator Participants were:

•  Early Earners – Online education destination for youth and families promoting positive financial habits
• Girl Guides USA – Outdoor program that develops girls’ environmentalism, leadership and teamwork
• Illume – Online mentoring and career resource for young women from illiterate families in India
• Out Against Abuse – Online resource to stop domestic violence in the South Asian community
• Public Stuff – Software to connect government and citizens to improve services and community life
• Start Your Engine – Exercise, nutrition, stress and time management program for low-income women 

The event featured a keynote speech by Diana Ayton-Shenker, Founder & CEO of Fast Forward Fund (FFF), a youth-investing-in-youth social venture fund, who spoke of the importance of investing in young social entrepreneurs who will become tomorrow's leaders.

The venue was a-buzz with interesting conversations and was a great opportunity to meet other faces in the world of NYC social entrepreneurship. And, in addition to the great company, the Bowery Wine Company staff was fabulous!

I had the pleasure of helping organize the event and had the opportunity to work with some really fabulous women including Natalia Oberti Noguera (NYWSE Director) and Melissa Osborne (who is off to graduate school this fall! Congrats!).

If you are a woman interested in social entrepreneurship and considering applying for next year's Friendraiser, check the NYWSE Incubator section for the 2010 Program Applications.

 

By day, I am an economic development program assistant at a community development nonprofit in Brooklyn. By night, I volunteer with other nonprofits helping them with fund development, strategic planning, and social media. I am one of the 2009 NYWSE Mastermind Mentorship Initiative (MMI) participants (love it!) and big-time NYWSE advocate. Find me at: www.alaurenabele.com.

NYWSE Incubator 2010 Program Manager & Associate Job Descriptions

As a result of the pilot's success, the NYWSE Incubator Program is looking to expand its team.  We are recruiting a Program Manager and a Program Associate, download the job descriptions by clicking on the links below.  

If you are interested in contributing to this exciting program, please email your resume and cover letter ASAP to: [email protected].

Download NYWSE Incubator Program Manager JDDownload NYWSE Incubator Program Associate Description

NYWSE Incubator Friendraiser - July 7, 2009

Save the Date!

NYWSE Incubator Friendraiser @ Bowery Wine Company

featured speaker, silent auction, jazz trio, open bar

July 7, 2009

7-10 P.M.

The NYWSE Incubator Friendraiser marks the successful conclusion of the NYWSE Incubator program.  Join us in celebrating the first co-hort of NYWSE Incubator participants, including the selected social entrepreneurs, their apprentices, and their mentors.

Diana Ayton-Shenker, Founder & CEO of Fast Forward Fund (FFF), a youth-investing-in-youth social venture fund, will speak on the importance of investing in young social entrepreneurs--particularly women.  The NYWSE Incubator is an FFF Pipeline Partner. 

Six budding women social entrepreneurs were selected from a competitive pool of applicants to participate in the NYWSE Incubator.  The entrepreneurs were assigned a female mentor and a female apprentice.  The teams worked for six months to realize the entrepreneurs' social ventures with the support of workshops, resources, classes, coaching, and pitch opportunities.  How did they fare?  Come find out!

2009 NYWSE Incubator Selections

• Early Earners – Online education destination for youth and families promoting positive financial habits
• Girl Guides USA – Outdoor program that develops girls’ environmentalism, leadership and teamwork
• Illume – Online mentoring and career resource for young women from illiterate families in India
• Out Against Abuse – Online resource to stop domestic violence in the South Asian community
• Public Stuff – Software to connect government and citizens to improve services and community life
• Start Your Engine – Exercise, nutrition, stress and time management program for low-income women

If you would like to learn more about applying to the NYWSE Incubator, make sure to meet NYWSE Incubator Founder & Manager Allison Lynch at the Friendraiser.

Interested in volunteering?  Email Melissa Osborne at: [email protected]

Margaret Prusan Inspires the NYWSE Incubator Participants to go from "Eclipsed to Extraordinary"

Saturday June 6, 2009 Margaret Prusan of Ilumin led the NYWSE Incubator entrepreneurs workshop called “From Eclipsed to Extraordinary”. Illumin’s mission is to help extraordinary women entrepreneurs realize their potential. She says, “For me, the greatest joy of this business is seeing the ‘aha!” moment on the client’s face. The moment when all her talents and experiences are fully illuminated, and she truly gets just how amazing she already is!” Margaret’s pension for working with starting, growing or evolving women-owned businesses comes from her own soul searching to find a career that fit her interests and passions. Mrs. Prusan’s background is in business development and marketing communication. She has worked on many high profile projects, as well, like the Kerry-Edwards 2004 presidential campaign. She explained that it took a conversation with close friend to help reveal her own greatest strength: acting as other peoples’ north star to help them build businesses that reflect their real assets and interests. Realizing that she can help identify and define the purpose of other peoples’ businesses, Illumin was born.

NYWSE Incubator Venture “PublicStuff” Selected for $50,000 Investment by the Fast Forward Fund

NYWSE Incubator Venture “PublicStuff” Selected for $50,000 Investment by the Fast Forward Fund First Round of Youth-to-Youth Investment in Social Enterprise Field PublicStuff to move into prototype development to improve government services and community life

June 2, 2009 (NY, NY):  New York Women Social Entrepreneurs (NYWSE) announced today that one of its Incubator Program companies, PublicStuff (www.publicstuff.org), was selected for a $50,000+ investment over two years by the Fast Forward Fund (FFF) in its first investment round.

PublicStuff is an online portal that connects people with their local governments to improve public services and community life.  PublicStuff is a low-cost system which meets the needs and budgets of the small and mid-sized local government market. 

NYWSE Incubator Social Entrepreneurs Master Image Management

The Stylist blogger Busting Diva says: “Style is absolutely essential in developing a personal brand. It often affects the rise or fall of a model, movie star, designer or performing artist.” Skillful image management of entrepreneurs is also a reality of the social media age. And social entrepreneurs are not immune.

On Saturday April 4, The New York Women Social Entrepreneurs (NYWSE) Incubator Program held its first photo-shoot at Baruch College, helping to give participants a competitive advantage when representing their brand and pitching to potential partners and funders. Seven women participated, including Keren Perry-Shamir, Ami Desai, Caitlin Dean, Morena Vattuone, Jacqueline Muna Musiitwa, and Lily Liu. Staff and models all had a blast but could not have done it without our friends Jacques Cornell and Steve Hart of Happening Photos and stylist Tijana Beca.  The results, below, speak for themselves.

Incubator Training Partner – Geri Stengel (Ventureneer.com, Stengel Solutions, and the New School)

On March 21st, Geri Stengel, former director of Dow Jones Information Services, talked to the New York Women Social Entrepreneurs (NYWSE) Incubator participants about everything under the sun related to marketing and market research. She said that she has the uncommon interest of writing business plans and when she realized this, she knew she had a potential career as a consultant. It seems that her tenacity to “figure it all out” accounts for her multi-faceted success ranging from quantitative strategy to the creative aspects of marketing.

Ms. Stengel’s business strategy and marketing firm ’Stengel Solutions” reflects her broad interests in a suite of service offerings that include individualized marketing expertise and business strategy implementation.

Another dimension of Ms. Stengel’s character and professional career is her philanthropic penchant for developing and growing other fledgling entrepreneurs. For example, she is a mentor with the New York Women Social Entrepreneurs Incubator program, where she coaches a start-up organization, and she is part of the advisory board with the National Association of Women’s Business Owners-NYC. A natural educator, she is also an adjunct professor of Entrepreneurship at The New School in New York City.

April 23: NYWSE Incubator Participants Present Ventures at 1st Fast Forward Fund Investor Pitch Session

   

Launching a new era of youth activism, youth social entrepreneurs from New York Women Social Entrepreneurs (NYWSE) pitched their ventures for philanthropic investment before the Student Directors of the Fast Forward Fund (FFF) in the first youth-to-youth social investment pitch for investments up to $25,000.  While Generation Y is often most recognized for its affinity to Facebook, this generation is redefining philanthropy in two ways.  First, through innovative funding practices like youth-to-youth investing, and second by supporting social entrepreneurship, or mission-driven enterprises.

 

Thirteen Student Directors of FFF from Bard College’s Globalization and International Affairs Program reviewed investment pitches presented by participants of NYWSE’s Incubator Program at the Levin Institute in New York City.  FFF is at the forefront of innovative social investment, enabling young people to leverage relatively small individual donations to make a large-scale impact.  Its mission is to harness this generation’s financial resources, passion, and energy to advance global sustainability and human dignity.  Their portfolios invest in the areas of climate change and energy; poverty alleviation; public health; and human rights and peace.  One Bard College student declared after the April 23 FFF pitch: “To me the pitch session was a meeting for youth to inspire other youth... Funding should not be the reason we should sit down, but the reason we would stand up and fight.”

 

Potential investments are youth-led and proposed by pipeline nominating institutions such as the NYWSE Incubator Program, the Clinton Global Initiative University, Teach for America’s Social Entrepreneurship Institute, and the Global Engagement Summit.  Next year they will be joined by others like Acumen, Ashoka, and Echoing Green.

 

Six NYWSE Incubator entrepreneurs pitched their diverse social ventures. The NYWSE Incubator develops new female-led social ventures through an intensive six-month support program. These female-run social ventures are a mix of not-for-profit and for-profit businesses with a triple bottom line (people, planet, and profit), including:
• Early Earners – Online education destination for youth and families promoting positive financial habits
• Girl Guides USA – Outdoor program that develops girls’ environmentalism, leadership and teamwork
• Illume – Online mentoring and career resource for young women from illiterate families in India
• Out Against Abuse – Online resource to stop domestic violence in the South Asian community
• Public Stuff – Software to connect government and citizens to improve services and community life
• Start Your Engine – Exercise, nutrition, stress and time management program for low-income women

Incubator Training Partner – Baruch College’s Field Center for Entrepreneurship

The second phase of the NYWSE Incubator Program is designed to develop competence in the fundamentals of designing and operating a socially oriented business. Through partnering with the Field Center for Entrepreneurship, part of the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College, the participants benefit from the school’s overarching principles of research, teaching, and service. Since its inception in 1993, the Center has worked with 10,000 clients and has created 2,000 jobs. The well-respected faculty regularly gives back to the community to launch small start-ups and is genuinely committed to helping to launch the Incubator Program ventures.

 The Incubator and Field Center partnership includes five half-day class sessions taught by faculty on subjects like writing a business plan, fundraising, financial management, legal issues associated with start-up ventures, and various social enterprise models, coordinated by Coordinating Business Advisor Lendynette Pacheco. The professors have so much passion and for their subject matter that it makes learning an engaging, fun process.

Incubator Training Partner - Savor the Success/Angela Jia Kim

The NYWSE Incubator program began in January 2009, launched in the supportive and safe environment created by training partner Savor the Success (“Savor”) and its CEO Angela Jia Kim. “You need to surround yourself with positive and successful people not only to pull you up but also to meet key people that can change the course of your business and life.” Angela Jia Kim, also the founder of Savor, says the power of a strong female network is delivered by her boutique online destination for female entrepreneurs. Savor goes beyond being another social media site by actually providing participants with the necessary tools for developing concrete business competencies.

With Angela, the Incubator Program participants bonded as a group in a version of the “My Phenomenal Year” program tailed for social enterprises, exploring topics like goal setting, personal and venture branding, and developing and communicating an elevator pitch. The exchange of ideas, support, and inspiration was a great take away from the integrated four-week program that met on Saturday mornings. Several months later, the Incubator Program participants still work from six-month work plans that were refined in the course to achieve their goals and still participate in diverse Savor programs.

Savor is growing and continuing to develop women’s entrepreneurial ventures this spring both on-line and off-line with chapters in New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, and DC. Savor’s seminal event this spring will be in New York Wednesday May 6^th, the Women Entrepreneurs Rock the World Event, and will include speakers on topics like the advantages of launching businesses in this economy, developing a personal story about your business, and secrets to growing your sales.  For more information on this event, please see www.savorthesuccess.com/rock-the-world. The deadline for reduced ticket prices is Wednesday April 22, 2009.

 

 

NYWSE Launches Incubator Program

Boldly challenging today’s tough economy, New York Women Social Entrepreneurs (NYWSE) is launching an initiative to develop new female-led social ventures through its new Incubator Program.

The Incubator Program provides six budding social entrepreneurs a six-month immersion environment complete with the support of mentors and apprentices (i.e. junior partners) who, as a three-person team, work to realize the entrepreneur’s social venture. Founder and Program Manager Allison Lynch and NYWSE Director Natalia Oberti Noguera have designed the Incubator Program to provide maximum support to ensure entrepreneurs’ sustainable success. The incubator initiative also includes entrepreneurship training and development, access to information and other business resources, as well as networking.

These fledgling female-run social ventures are a mix of not-for-profit and for-profit business models featuring a double bottom line of financial sustainability and social impact. They include: 

 

Early Earners – Online education destination for youth and families promoting positive financial habits

Girl Guides USA – Outdoor program that develops girls’ environmentalism, leadership and teamwork

Out Against Abuse - Online resource to stop domestic violence in the South Asian community

Public Stuff –  Software to connect government and citizens to improve services and community life

Start Your Engine – Exercise, nutrition, stress and time management program for low-income women

Illume – Online mentoring and career resource for young women from illiterate families in India

The Incubator’s principal provider of business training is the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College and its Small Business Development Center, providing core technical training in entrepreneurship and follow-up consulting. Baruch is joined by Geri Stengel, Adjunct Professor of Social Entrepreneurship at the New School and President of Stengel Solutions and Ventureneer, who provides marketing training. Another program highlight is professional development training provided by program partner and inspirational entrepreneur Angela Jia Kim. Kim is a concert pianist, owner of the luxury and eco-friendly skincare company Om Aroma & Co., and founder of Savor the Success. 

 

NYWSE Incubator Team Profiles

Early Earners:

Keren Perry-Shamir, entrepreneur, Columbia Business School graduate, and Product Manager at Tacoda, is Co-manager of Early Earners with her business partner, Ami Desai, who founded the company. Early Earners is an online destination which develops financial skills and investment among youth and their family members. Team mentor Geri Stengel, President of Stengel Solutions and Ventureneer, has long been nurturing nonprofit and for-profit enterprise growth through her business solutions and marketing expertise and also served as a long-time board member of The National Association of Women Business Owners in New York City. The team apprentice is an analyst at a New York City financial firm and a former director of the MFY Affordable Legal Services Program, bringing her finance industry and consulting experience to the team.

Girl Guides USA:

Caitlin Dean is the entrepreneur behind Girl Guides USA, an outdoors activity program with the purpose of empowering young women with the values of environmentalism, leadership and teamwork. Dean is a Yale University alumnus, French teacher, public policy maven, and journalist. Jacqueline Muna Mustiiwa Esq. is team mentor and is experienced in counseling start-up enterprises in company formation and contracts and also teaches International Law at Central Michigan University. Rachel Netski, apprentice, is contributing her unique perspective and diverse skill sets as a graduate of New York University with a Masters in Educational Sociology and is also an internet Marketing Manager and wine connoisseur.

Illume:

Zoe Timms, University of Wisconsin graduate, is the Founding Director of the Women’s Education Project and most recently founded Illume an international web forum that invites successful career women to share their stories with young women from illiterate and impoverished families in India for the purpose of career development and mentorship, as well as collecting online resources for these young Indian women. The team mentor is Sarah-Leah Gootnick who has designed and implemented several nonprofit and for-profit organizations such as Secretary in Israel LLC and also has expertise in marketing and communications. Erin Ewart is the team apprentice and is currently attending Columbia University Business School; she has experience in building corporate performance metric systems, recruitment and training, and was a Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Embassy in Panama.

Out Against Abuse:

Sabrin Chowdhury, a University of Texas graduate with a professional finance background, founded of Out Against Abuse - an interactive online resource that connects domestic violence abuse victims, scholars, and advocates with the purpose of engaging and educating the South Asian community to stop domestic violence. Team mentor Alison Woo is President of NewMediaMavens.com, a communications consulting firm targeted at growing small businesses through marketing strategy and technology capability and has authored articles and books in the realm of finance, marketing, and communications. Shubha Balasubramanyam is currently a graduate student at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, was formally with Villai LLC providing business consulting services to improve their productivity, and worked at Engineers Without Borders. Balasubramanyam will be bringing her public and private sector expertise in efficiency improvement, team management, and policy advocacy as team apprentice and has worked internationally including Nepal, Canada, and India.

Public Stuff:

Lily Liu works for the New York City Department of Education and is the entrepreneur behind the online resource Public Stuff, founded to bridge the gap between the public and government through interaction and feedback to improve services and community life. Lily graduated with a Masters from Carnegie Mellon and also studied at Harvard. Helene Heller, a seasoned public sector executive with strategic planning, governance, and operations experience, is the team mentor. Currently Senior Adviser to the City of New York Department of Aging, she also held senior positions with the New York Housing Authority and Cisco Systems and has been a leader in introducing information technology solutions to improve public sector operations. Morena Vattuone is the team apprentice and brings a wide range of skill sets from her various experiences, such as work as a market research analyst, television reporter, health policy adviser, case manager with Consumer Action, and senior health researcher.

Start Your Engine:

Anastasia Holmes created Start Your Engine, a program that aims to reduce obesity among low-income women through a holistic program of exercise, nutrition, and stress and time management. Holmes is a nonprofit management consultant with the Families of September 11, has many years of experience in the psychosocial support sector, and holds a Masters Public Administration. Elizabeth Weinmann is the team mentor and founder of Weinmann and Associates, a strategic consulting firm for nonprofit and for-profit enterprises. Weinmann has over twenty years of experience and expertise in strategy, management consulting and marketing for Fortune 500 companies and trade associations.  Maria Roker, junior partner, is currently studying for a Masters Degree from Chatham University in Wellness and is experienced in designing and implementing programs within the education and healthcare sectors. Roker has also worked directly with at-risk children to educate them and their families about health to support community-based awareness.

Incubator Program Overview

Note: All positions have been filled for January 2009.  If you would like to contribute to the program in any way, please feel free to send your resume and ideas to [email protected].

 

The purpose of the incubator is to enable budding women entrepreneurs to bring to life their social enterprises by providing support and structure from leading experts in the social entrepreneurship field, peer support, and team support.  As a result of this incubator program, six women will be empowered to breakthrough and bring their ventures to a critical stage of development.  What makes this incubator unique is its focus on women, social enterprise, and its team approach, in addition to the traditional incubator components of training and access to networks and information resources.

Incubator Q & A

Thanks to the more than 30 aspiring women social entrepreneurs who braved the cold to attend the information session at Columbia last Wednesday.  Bravo!!! 

For those who were unable to attend, one topic we discussed was what do we mean by social entreprise?  While definitions vary, we will be focusing on the social impact and innovative quality of the enterprise concepts - whether for profit or non-profit.  Other experts may define it as scale-ability and replicability too - but we won't take it that far.  We also do not put an age limit on "young" - we also include women who are "young" in/to this field.  In addition, the entrepreneur applications will be evaluated by these holistic criteria: 

·         Completeness of application

·         Clarity and breakthrough-nature of the specific, measurable goal(s) for their participation, e.g. to serve first clients, obtain financing for business, etc.

·         Social impact of their SE

·         Readiness for incubator program (previous experience and possible attempts)

·         Willingness to commit 10-15 hours or more per week to their SE

·         Willingness to follow the program structure as outlined in program description

Applications will be reviewed by NYWSE staff in conjunction with program partners.

In addition, please see updated program description with more dates/times of workshops attached.  The address to mail in entrepreneur application fees is located on the bottom of the application (click on the link below).

 

We look forward to receiving your applications by Dec 10.  Until then, Happy Thanksgiving!

 

Download The NYWSE Incubator - Empowering Women Social Entrepreneurs (Program Description)-Nov 25 08

A Message from Allison Lynch, NYWSE Incubator Program Coordinator

NYWSE Incubator Information Session:

Wednesday, November 19

6:30 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.

Columbia Business School

Uris Hall, Room 303 (not wheelchair accessible-please call if this is problematic)

Columbia University, at the intersection of Broadway and West 116th St.

(116 St subway stop on the 1 line is the closest; alternatively A/B/C/D lines stop at 125th street which is a 10+ minute walk from campus)

Make sure to RSVP to [email protected].

We look forward to seeing you at the information session!

UPDATE: New York Women Social Entrepreneurs (NYWSE) - Incubator Program

NYWSE is pleased to announce that Baruch College's Field Center for Entrepreneurship and its Small Business Development Center have agreed to partner with the NYWSE incubator as the main provider of technical business training for the women's social enterprise incubator program. Thank you to Baruch College and its Zicklin School of Business!

In addition, Columbia Business School (CBS) and its Eugene Lang Center for Entrepreneurship have also agreed to collaborate with the NYWSE incubator and opened their Global Social Venture Competition up to incubator enterprise teams which have an apprentice who is a Columbia MBA student. Thank you CBS!

Background: The NY chapter of YWSE announces its Incubator Program for women social entrepreneurs to begin in January 2009. The purpose of the incubator is to enable fledgling women social entrepreneurs to bring to life their social enterprise concepts, by providing mentoring from leading experts in the social entrepreneurship field, a peer network, and team support. Entrepreneurs will be matched with a leading female mentor, as well as a female graduate student apprentice (a "junior partner"), creating a three-person team. The program will last approximately 6 months and is open to women entrepreneurs in the NY-metro area who have a clearly defined nonprofit or for-profit social enterprise idea to which they are committed. It will include monthly workshops and weekly communication and collaboration with their NYWSE Incubator team.

The NYWSE Incubator: Empowering Women Social Entrepreneurs

PROGRAM UPDATE
The NYWSE Incubator Program announces its official program, information session, and application materials.

Information Session:
Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 6:30 P.M.
Location TBD – Open to entrepreneurs, mentors, and apprentices – Please RSVP to [email protected]

Application Deadline:
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Entrepreneurs, mentors, and apprentices – Applications are attached

Download the_nywse_incubator_empowering_women_social_entrepreneurs_program_description_nov_10.pdf

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Download nywse_incubator_applicationapprentice.xls

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