early career accelerator
Our Accelerator has No upfront costs!
Each year we set aside a significant portion of our revenue to help fund the projects of young and talented entrepreneurs, independent film and TV producers, and artists and musicians.
If you have an idea that meets the following criteria, please contact us to discuss the application process:
Areas of Support
We support projects of the next generation of entrepreneurs. Our areas of support match our areas of service:
1. Entrepreneurship: A product or service that is innovative, disruptive, and meets an unmet need
2. Indie Arts: Movies, TV shows, podcasts
3. Musicians: Bands, singers, musicals
Guidelines to Apply
– The leaders of the project must be 18-30 years old, or less than five years into their entrepreneurial journey
– You must live in the United States
– You have done some work to be sure that you are not infringing on another company or individual’s patent
– You will be ready to provide a detailed outline
– If you are in college, the project will not interfere with your academic performance or goals
What We’ll Charge
We aim to help as many people as possible and are not seeking to profit. Our standard agreement is that if you are successful, you will agree to donate a percentage of any profits up to a certain amount (not revenue, but actual profit) back to this project so that we can help others. We will provide you with a report of who you helped!
What We Will Do For You
You will receive the services we provide and you choose for no cost. This might include crowdfunding services such as platform connections, executive coaching, startup consulting, and more. We might also provide funding.
Early Career Accelerator: Application Steps
We’d love to talk to you about helping you with your product, service, film, TV show, or music project. It all starts with a phone call, where we’d ask you to be prepared to answer the following:
What is your elevator pitch – in a minute or less, what is your log line, what will make your project successful, and where are you in the process?
What is your background and experience, and how much time do you have to dedicate to this project? Do you have samples of similar projects?
How much indie funding will you need to raise, at minimum, and how much would you want to raise ideally? What is the basic budget, and how was it designed?
Next Steps After You Apply
Since most of our work is done for free or on contingency, we need to make sure we can truly help you be successful.
We will assess whether we feel we can be helpful. We are picky and we also want to be fair to you and ensure that we are the right choice. We have been quite successful in assessing fit.
In most cases we will at least offer advice and resources (for free of course). In many cases we may go beyond that and help with introductions and connections (also for free).
If we think we can help in a more comprehensive way, we will offer a variety of possible plans, all of which will be based on mutually agreed upon contingencies.
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