Deadline: 15-Aug-22
Applications are now open for the EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women™ MENA Program to provide women entrepreneurs with advice, resources and access to unlock their full potential and realize their ambition.
Launched in 2008, the EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women program targets women entrepreneurs who have built profitable companies, but have not yet found the essential tools needed to scale sustainably.
EY provides program participants evergreen access to their vast resources, rich networks and know-how, helping to strengthen their abilities to become market leaders.
Benefits
- Expand your knowledge with the latest information, research and executive dialogues about business strategies and practices.
- Develop the skills needed to effectively identify potential partners, strategic alliances, customers and suppliers as well as find routes to prospective sources of capital.
- Strengthen your executive leadership and business skills, and identify opportunities to grow through meetings with senior advisors and seasoned entrepreneurs.
- Increase visibility for yourselves and your companies among corporate executives, investors and the media, creating possible new collisions, collaborations and opportunities. Provide access to informal, one-to-one guidance and support
- Provide a gateway to a global community of successful women entrepreneurs and inspiring peer role models who, in 2020, numbered more than 750 across 48 countries.
The ecosystem offers you:
- Lifetime access to a community of entrepreneurs who understand the journey of scaling a high-growth business, including the EY Entrepreneurial Winning WomenTM current class and alumnae, and through the EY Entrepreneurial Of The YearTM network.
- The opportunity to expand your network and build relationships through invitations to exclusive entrepreneurially focused and broader EY-run events.
- Valuable insights and learnings through educational sessions led by EY professionals; and access to EY frameworks such as the EY 7 Drivers of Growth.
- An exclusive invitation to the EY Strategic Growth Forum, November 10–13, 2022, one of North America’s largest gatherings of entrepreneurs, investors, executives and business leaders.
Eligibility Criteria
- Entrepreneurial Winning Women will be expected to demonstrate the necessary qualities to take the fullest advantage of this opportunity, including ambitious company growth goals, energy, creativity, entrepreneurial purpose and passion.
- To be eligible for this extraordinary opportunity, applicants must meet the following criteria:
- Are founding CEOs (at least 51%) in a registered business
- Demonstrate passion to grow their business and scale up internationally
- Businesses that: Are at least 2 years old.
- Have annual revenues higher than USD 500,000.
- Are headquartered in MENA.
For more information, visit https://www.ey.com/en_ae/entrepreneurial-winning-women/mena?wcmmode=disabled