SpeakUp Ventures
Problem: Asian Americans Are the Least Likely Group in the U.S. to Be Promoted to Management.
- Asians are left out of diversity efforts.
- People think Asians are already successful.
- Very few efforts are focused on helping Asians move up.
Our Solution: A startup school to help Asian high school, college, and recent graduate students build their first company in 5 weeks.
Our Mission: We want to increase the number of Asian leaders and change-makers in the world.
- Filing for non-profit status
- Applications due on 7/1/24
- Program (virtual) begins 8/26/24
- Gain real world experience designing and developing products for real people
- Develop a roadmap for bringing ideas to life and changing the world
- After the program, students have the option to:
- Continue building your startup
- Intern at a top-tier startup
- Apply to a top-tier accelerator
- Raise venture capital
What to expect:
- Guidance
- Here is a list of our outstanding mentors
- You will learn best practices for brainstorming, prototyping, validating, sales, marketing, and pitching
- You will receive 2 lectures and 1 guest speaker every week
- You will receive weekly 1-on-1 and team mentorship
- Community
- You will hear from top entrepreneurs and investors sharing their journey, mistakes, and experiences
- You will compete in an international pitch competition at the end
Eligibility:
- We don't care about your resume or credentials
- We value your curiosity, passion, resilience, empathy, and drive
- We believe these values are foundational to uplifting others and achieving success in business and life 😇 🏆
Commitment:
- $500
- All money will be used towards sustaining SpeakUp Ventures’ mission
- 10+ hrs / week
- As in life, this is the type of program where what you get out is what you put in
