Deadline: 9-Sep-22
Are you a very early stage or want-to-be woman founder on the island of Ireland (or looking to move back home imminently)? Need to be part of a community of fellow founders? Willing to commit to an eight month programme of activity to help you get traction? Then apply for SheGenerate2.0 Programme.
SheGen 2.0 is limited to 20 women founders. Any age or background as long as living in or connected to Ireland – North or South. Social impact / social enterprises very welcome. They are deliberately NOT limiting applications to any particular sector but are less inclined towards coaching type propositions.
SheGen2.0 core programme will be delivered online and they they do hope for a couple of opportunities for informal meet-ups along the way.
Prize Information
At a bare mimimum you will be receiving over £2000 value in terms of associated costs in delivering this programme per person. The programme does not offer any cash benefit. But this monetary value is just the tip of the iceberg as the opportunity to be part of a kick-ass community of women founders is the real prize.
Benefits
- A structured programme of 6 workshops followed by 6 AwakenHub Community Events
- Bespoke Big Sister Sessions with doman experts (minimum of 4 from selection of thematic sessions)
- Access to the private online women founders AwakenClub Community with additional events, shared knowledge, big sisters and opportunities to develop strong bonds (for the duration of the programme)
- Advice, signposting & introductions
- Develop your Lean Business Deck
- Opportunity to feature as an AwakenHub weekly #Follow across the social media platforms as well as PR/ Media as they arise
What they expect of you as part of SheGen2.0?
- Compulsory attendance at the 6 x SheGen2.0 Workshops followed by 6 x AwakenHub Community events on the same day. Dates are as follows (approx 2 – 6.15pm with a 1hr break c4pm). 1-2 hours of prep will be required in advance of each Workshop. They don’t accept ‘the dog ate my homework’ as an excuse:)
- 2022
- 18 October
- 15 November
- 13 December
- 2023
- 17 January
- 21 February
- 21 March
- 2022
- Complete post-workshop feedback (helps them to adjust as they go to best suit your needs); Monthly Reports (very short and online) and your Lean Business Deck by month 8 (templates and workshop materials will be available to help you with this)
- Be an active contributor to the SheGen2.0 cohort and AwakenHub community by turning up, supporting eachother and respecting the time given by those delivering the programme
- Partake in Big Sister Sessions (minimum of 4 x 75 minute mini-group sessions – themes and dates to be agreed based on workshop feedback)
Criteria
- Have you just started out on your founder journey?
- Are you based on the Island of Ireland or looking to move back imminently?
- Are you at that niggling ‘side hustle’ or ‘idea that desperately wants to come out’ stage and not sure how to gain momentum?
- Or are early doors and need expert guidance to get you to the next level?
- Or have your initial business plan mapped out but don’t know what to do next?
- If you answer YES to any of the questions above then SheGenerate is FOR YOU!
For more information, visit https://www.awakenhub.com/shegenerate2