Executive Fellowship
Every community is uniquely built, with a common blueprint
The Make Startups Executive Fellowship increases the impact potential and operational capacity of executives in entrepreneurship support, ecosystem building, and economic development organizations.
Key Components:
Six-month program with 2 in-person immersions, bi-weekly online training, one-on-one advising, peer coaching, and local field building initiatives.
Goals:
Equip executives with skills in strategic partnership building, accessing WIOA funding, delivering AI-enabled training, economic impact reporting, and entrepreneurial advocacy.
Fellowship Pillars
Sustainable Ecosystem Building
Enabling increased funding and better measurement of outcomes by entrepreneurial support programs at the local, state, and national level
Inclusive Training & Support
Emphasis on the role of ecosystem builders and economic developers creating opportunities for disadvantaged and underrepresented groups in entrepreneurship
Long Term Economic Impact
Enabling increased funding and better measurement of outcomes by entrepreneurial support programs at the local, state, and national level
The Fellowship Experience
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The Fellowship provides programmatic frameworks for mutually beneficial partnerships with:
Capital providers
Economic development authorities
Policy Makers
Other Startup Ecosystem players
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The Fellowship equips participants to be ecosystem experts in:
Accessing workforce development funding for training programs
Designing & delivering industry recognized credentials
Measuring entrepreneurial skills gains
Documenting startup impacts through household income, job creation and large scale economic impact
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The Fellowship provides cutting eduge software to make the following more efficient and scalable:
Cohort & mentor management
Learning management & loan readiness
Connections to capital
Economic impact reporting
Make Startups Executive Fellowship
Information Session
January 26, 2024
Program Schedule
Orientation: March 20
Training Dates: March 27, April 10, April 24, May 8, May 22, June 12, June 26, July 10, July 24, August 14, August 28;
All sessions 1pm-3pm EST
Immersions: tentatively April 14-17 (San Antonio, TX), Apr 30 - May2 (Richmond, VA)
Spring 2024 Timeline
Application Launch: January 5th
Application Window: January 5th - February 4th
Informational Webinar: January 26th
Selection & Notification: February 1st - February 9th
Cohort Confirmation: February 23rd
Contact our Team
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Grace Belangia, Co-Founder
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Maura Shenker, Program Director