For Founders

Join A Sprint Series

Sprint Series are designed to support founders to address an urgent business challenge that will have a direct impact on their ability to become a community leader and a job creator.

Our Sprint Series topics support founders to have:

A High Survival Rate

Sessions on: business forecasting, revenue generation.

Low Displacement Rate

Sessions on: upskilling with AI, cross-collaboration, and hiring and onboarding.

Increased Investment

Sessions on: pitching, marketing and communications.

Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible for a Sprint Series, Founders must:

  • Be building a solution in regenerative business, frontier technology, creative media, and consumer product goods.

  • Aspire to create a regional impact either through serving at least two U.S. cities and/or partnering with organizations that are creating regional impact.

  • Be a for-profit business entity registered to operate in the United States

  • Have revenue ranging from $10k to $100k.

  • Be led by Black, Indigenous, or other diverse founders.

  • Located in non-dominant entrepreneurial markets in Atlantic cities (The Bronx, Newark, Philadelphia), South Central cities (Louisville, Houston, Tulsa), and Tribal Nations. 

  • Stage: development (prototype development / MVP close to launch) and startup stage (MVP launched, seed funding, early revenue).

  • Have between 1 to 10 employees.

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Other Ways to Get Involved As A Founder

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Attend An Event

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