Her Future Accelerator Launches For Future Tech Female Pioneers Tackling Global SDG Challenges
[August 1, 2019- New York, USA] To accelerate humanity’s success with goal #5 of the Sustainable Development Goals- Gender Equality, the Global Startup Ecosystem (GSE) is pleased to announce the world’s first customized future tech accelerator for women in business and technology.
We believe the next generation of pioneering solutions that will tackle the world’s greatest challenges will be led by female leaders. Thus, the Her Future Accelerator seeks to support women from all over the world who are leveraging or interested in incorporating future technologies into their startup solutions. The program aims to increase the number of female business pioneers in future tech industries such artificial intelligence, blockchain, virtual reality, space technologies, nano technologies, and internet of things.
As the world’s first and largest digital accelerator, GSE accelerates 1000 companies across 90 countries each year and has a track record of global startup development that is impactful and inclusive. The Her Future accelerator will bridge the gender divide by training entrepreneurial pioneers on future technologies that can accelerate their business growth and careers.
We are pleased to announce program partners Forbes, Grow with Google, Linkedin, and WeWork. Program content and prize partners offering $250k in free credit support are IBM cloud, Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Sendgrid, Hubspot, and Digital Ocean.
The Her Future Accelerator program is open to all startup solution topics. Each application round is rolling admission until the top 10 are selected to be featured in the program annually. The top 3 are announced at the conclusion of the program to receive partner prizes, media features, and potential investment. By 2030, Her Future Accelerator will accelerate 100 female founded future tech unicorns.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE ARE TWO GLOBAL COHORT PROGRAMS-
New York (Americas) September 1- September 30
London (Europe) August 1-November 1st
The program agenda includes the following
Startup development topics:
- Ideation & Product Hacking- How to create a website and app in 30 days
- Customer Acquisition- How to get your first 10,000 users
- Marketing – How to scale with press and media hacks
- Business Development- How to build a sustainable business model
- Funding Hacking -How to raise six figures in 6 Months
Future development topics:
- The fundamentals of future tech of Ai, Blockchain, VR, Nano, Space tech in today’s world
- How to accelerate your company in an age of IOT
- How your business can prepare for the circular economy and the 4th Industrial Revolution
Personal development topics:
- Personal branding in the digital age
- Family, wellness and mental health
- Leadership in the digital age
PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE ARE TWO COHORT PROGRAMS-
London (Europe) August 1-November 1st
New York (Americas) September 1- September 30
The 2019 accelerator dates are: September 1-30, 2019 in New York City.
- September 3 Tuesday 6-9pm EST- Opening @ Forbes 5th avenue Venue
- September 9-13 (Future Tech Week Access) Vr, Blockchain, Ai, Nano Tech Summits
- September 16 Monday 10am-12pm EST @Grow with Google
- September 17 Tuesday 10am-12pm EST @Grow with Google
- September 18 Wednesday 10am-12pm EST @WEWORK
- September 19 Thursday 10am-12pm EST @WEWORK
- September 20 Friday (Future Summit Access)
- September 23 Monday 10am-12pm EST . @Grow with Google
- September 24 Tuesday 10am-12pm EST . @Grow with Google
- September 25 Wednesday 10am-12pm EST @WEWORK
- September 26 Thursday 10am-12pm EST @WEWORK
- September 26 Friday Graduation TBA
The 2019 accelerator dates are: August 1 – November 1, 2019 in London.
- August 1 Announcement
- August 7 Workshop meetup at WeWork 10am-12pm
- August 14 Workshop meetup at WeWork 10am-12pm (Optional)
- August 15-22 Digital online training
- August 21 Workshop meetup at WeWork 10am-12pm (Optional)
- August 28 Workshop meetup at WeWork 10am-12pm September Workshop Series TBA
- October Workshop Series TBA
- November 1 London Her Future Summit + Graduation day at Rise London
To build a supportive tech community for each cohort, Her Future Group will be hosting a series of global summits in different cities around the world to provide access to over 100 global speakers/experts and 1000 global attendees. The date for 2019 are:
- September 26 NYC Her Future Summit
- September 28 DC Her Future Summit
Speaker, partnership and sponsorship inquiries can be directed to the GSE team via info@globalstartupecosystem.com.
