BGV PRESENTS
Change Agent Fellowship
a totally unique 9-month leadership skills development program
$10,000
STIPEND
What is it?
The Change Agent Fellowship by BGV is a totally unique 9-month leadership skills development program created specifically to expand the capacity of early-stage entrepreneurs - and strengthen the ecosystems of Black/Brown women founders! Applications open November 15, 2021 and the deadline to apply is January 15, 2022.
BGV incubates Black/Brown woman-identifying founders across multiple local ecosystems as a means to amplify women leaders and to create an “each one, teach one” model for growing the long-term entrepreneurial knowledge and sustainability of underrepresented founders. Black Girl Ventures cultivates local leaders, who in-turn cultivate their community as a service to the greater good of creating equal opportunity to thrive at the intersection of being a Black/Brown woman and an entrepreneur. Together, we will create access to social and financial capital for Black and Brown Woman-Identifying Founders!
January
2022
DECISION BY
February 2022
SUBMIT BY
YOU GET
$10,000
STIPEND
+ MORE BENEFITS
During the 9-month leadership skills development fellowship, Change Agents will:
Be matched with a group of peers in their city
Receive business leadership training through the Jetpack for Leaders curriculum, a 9 monthly virtual skills development program facilitated by industry leaders
Host a local BGV Pitch competition virtually in their city designed to create low barrier access to non-dilutive capital for other Black and Brown women.
These founders will then go on to access culturally-centered entrepreneurial education through the six-week JetPack Accelerator curriculum.
We will be
recruiting for
the next cohort
as of November 15, 2021.
Qualifications
To be considered for admission to the program, applicants must be:
Be a business founder
Identify as a Black or Brown woman
Be generating revenue
Have been in business for at least one year
Have the ability to commit to approximately 8 hours per month (4 hours through Jetpack for Leaders + 4 hours self-directed)
Have a passion for empowering and building the ecosystems of Black and Brown women founders in your community!
What you'll gain
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You’ll receive a $10k stipend - plus in-kind resources to grow your business!
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Leadership skills development training through the BGV Jetpack for Leaders curriculum
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Lifetime membership to the BGV Connect platform: BGV Connect is Black Girl Ventures' online incubator for Black/Brown women founders.
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You’ll gain a network and visibility as a business leader in your city
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You will have the opportunity to select 8-10 Black and Brown women founders to receive capital through the BGV Pitch Competition
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You’ll have access to BGV’s expanding network of partners and capital providers
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You will have the opportunity to facilitate BGV’s exclusive curriculum training for other women founders in your community
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Black Girl Ventures co-branded swag from BGV and our sponsors!