If you want to help your community in Colorado while also making a profit, our free, data-proven, Social Enterprise Accelerator is for you! In just 16 weeks, we’ll help you move your business forward further, faster.
In 2023, our 14-module curriculum was used by Mile High United Way with great success. Now, we are excited to launch our very own, state-wide Signature Cohort in Colorado!
You’ll be working side by side with a group of passionate social entrepreneurs and skilled advisors, helping you lay out your specific path forward.
Since 2015, our 250+ cohort Alumni have continued to change the world for good!
Natalia Antezana, nantezana@seachng.org
Originally from Argentina, “Naty” is a passionate supporter of social entrepreneurship and is thrilled to launch this cohort! Connect with her on Linkedin or read her bio here.
You will be the first to know when applications open next year! Up to 15 start-ups will be selected.
It is free for selected entrepreneurs thanks to the generous financial support from our funding partners.
Short answer: anyone who wants to Do Good while Doing Well!
Longer answer…
Our curriculum is ideal for start-ups that are somewhere between a late-stage idea and 3-5 years in business (but flying by the seat of your pants!)
You are… committed to making an impact, and measuring that impact.
You intend to… earn revenue through the sale of a product or service.
You have not… participated in a SEA Change Signature Cohort before with the SAME idea.
You are… willing and able to attend every accelerator session over the 16 week timeframe.
During our 16 weeks together, selected participants are expected to:
• Participate in a mentor match program and stay in touch with your mentor throughout the program
• Build a team (support will be provided as needed)
• Complete homework weekly throughout the program
• Attend 14 live sessions, engage with our subject matter experts, and participate with your peers
• Participate in our culminating Showcase event (which includes a pitch – not all participants pitch, but all participate)
• Join our Alumni network
• Provide ongoing data around your venture (on request - approximately once per year)
Great question! We expect this to be a competitive process, so get your application in early…
Our SEA Change Market Manager will pull together a review panel that includes local experts in social enterprise and entrepreneurship as well as selected SEA Change Staff and Alumni (peers!). These individuals will review and rank each application individually, then come together as a group to determine the final cohort makeup.
No more than 15 participants will be selected, in order to provide an ideal learning environment for each entrepreneur team.
These are the 14 topics covered as part of our curriculum:
How Will You Change the World?
Human Centered Entrepreneurship
All the Pieces Work Together
Testing Your Venture’s Business Model
Financial Concepts & Modeling
Financial Projections
Understanding Financial Decision Making
Understanding Financial Leadership
Revisiting Your Venture’s Mission
Measuring, Monitoring, & Communicating Impact
Telling Your Story
Branding & Marketing
Raising Funds for Your Venture
Partners & Partnership
Social Enterprises are businesses with a social mission equal to, or more important than, their financial one! They are revenue-generating businesses with primarily social objectives that are driven by the community (instead of shareholders).
This is a growing sector; these businesses are the future, allowing social change to become a part of our everyday spending culture.
