Deadline: 1-Jun-22
Applicants are now invited for the Watson Institute Accelerator Fellowship to equip impact and growth-driven enterprises to achieve product-market fit and scale.
The Watson Accelerator is a hybrid program designed for impact-driven entrepreneurs seeking to elevate their ventures with access to a global network, training designed to strengthen skills, and mentorship with seasoned professionals, venture capitalists, and enterprise executives.
Through this 18-week program, fellows will engage in hands-on courses in areas such as leadership development and applying practical entrepreneurial skills to their ventures alongside a global community of like-minded changemakers.
The courses and program will kick off with a 3-week immersive in-person experience in Boulder, Colorado. The remaining virtual 15-weeks is designed to complement fellows’ existing venture work, allowing them to implement learnings from the program in real-time. This program is ideal for busy entrepreneurs with a time commitment between 5-8 hours per week.
Programmatic Features
- Pitch to a panel of judges for funding opportunities.
- Receive tailored mentorship from business leaders, venture capitalists, and enterprise executives.
- Engage in practical entrepreneurial & leadership centric courses.
- Join a global community of diverse entrepreneurs with a common goal to impact the world.
- Learn from a leader of a Nobel Peace Prize winning movement, founders, CEO’s, executives of Fortune 500 companies, and thought leaders from a range of sectors.
Accelerator Details
- The program takes place from July to November 2022 and will be in a hybrid format, with a 3-week immersive experience in-person in Boulder, Colorado, July 11th-29th, with the flexibility to remain virtual.
- The remaining 15-weeks of the program, August 8th-November 18th, will be attended online culminating in a virtual Summit with the potential to pitch to a live global audience.
- The weekly time commitment during the virtual 15-weeks will be 5-8 hours per week, which includes both synchronous and asynchronous programming.
Benefits
- 25 impact-driven entrepreneurs will be selected to join the Watson Accelerator as fully-funded fellows valued at $17,500.
- Leadership Development
- Management for impactful teams
- Transformative communication skills
- Root cause analysis
- Organizational culture
- Personal & professional growth
- Entrepreneurial Skills
- Marketing & personal branding
- Finance & accounting for impact
- Human centered design & impact focused sales
- How to secure capital & funding
- Iterate business model validation
- Competitive analysis
- Global Community
- Peer to peer support
- Access Watson Institute’s impressive global Alumni Network
- Mentors from across the globe
- Courses led by real time practitioners
- Ongoing support from Watson’s talented team
Eligibility Criteria
International applicants, considering the 3-week in-person intensive experience, are strongly encouraged to apply early.
For more information, visit https://watson.is/watson-accelerator/