Intensive business development program for social startups and existing social enterprises. The purpose of the program is to help participants improve their products and services, pump up business and entrepreneurial competencies, scale and attract investment. We will teach you to earn steadily by solving a social problem.

Accelerator of social entrepreneurship provides online training, mentoring and expert support.

The program is for you if you are:

1. A founder or manager of a small/medium business who wants to make own business socially responsible:

employment and social well-being of persons with disabilities, military, displaced persons, orphans and other socially vulnerable segments of society;
youth unemployment;
youth vocational education;
ecological safety;
community development assistance;
systematic financial support of social projects

2. A founder or manager of an existing social enterprise who seeks to increase sales and scale business

3. A graduate of the Pre-accelerator of the Ukrainian Social Academy who wants to turn own startup into a working business

4. Having a social startup with a working model and an existing product/service prototype

Schedule:

Module 1. Organizational design (March 26, 27)

projects introduction
7 stages of turning ideas into business
check of the project status
analysis of own business model and value proposition

Module 2. Marketing and sales (April 9, 10)

marketing strategy for a startup
brand attributes and the strategy of bringing the brand to market
sales communication channels
sales skills

Module 3. Finance (April 23, 24)

strategic and operational financial planning
budget planning
setting financial goals and analyzing results
how to make decisions based on financial indicators

Module 4. Team management (May 7, 8)

forming a role profile
how to understand whether an employee will suit your business and the current team at the selection stage
setting goals and objectives
performance evaluation and team motivation

Module 5. Investment and project protection (May 21, 22)

where to look for investors
how to present your project to an investor
how to properly enter into a contract and work with investors
project protection

Mentoring (May 24 - June 25)

Final pitching (June 29)

What you will get:

comprehensive training in social enterprise management
individual mentoring for each of the teams from key experts
consultations with the team of the Ukrainian Social Academy
involvement in the ecosystem of social entrepreneurship
practical work with experts, setting individual goals and independent work "in the field" with customers and users of your products
investments from Ukrainian Social Academy and other investors. The amount of investment will depend on the needs of each startup

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