Awesome! Thank you for sharing! On Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 1:46:22 PM UTC-4, Jennifer Kready wrote: > > > https://www.sba.gov/content/sba-launches-3rd-annual-growth-accelerator-fund-competition-award-395-million-small-business > > > The application period is from May 2-June 3 and information about the > application process can be found at: www.sba.gov > <http://www.sba.gov/accelerators>*/accelerators* or www.challenge.gov*. * > > > Several panels containing expert judges from the private and public sector > with collective experience in early stage investing, entrepreneurship, > academia, start-ups and economic development will select the winners. > > > - > *Includes accelerators, incubators, co-working startup communities, shared > tinker-spaces or other models. The panel will give particular attention > to > applicants that fill geographic gaps in the accelerator and > entrepreneurial > ecosystem space. * > - > *Looking to support the development of accelerators and their support of > startups in parts of the country where there are fewer conventional > sources > of access to capital (i.e., venture capital and other investors). * > - > > *Seeking accelerators headed by women and those who support them or other > underrepresented groups, 44 percent of last year’s accelerator winners > were > run by women and 41 percent were classified as underrepresented groups. * > - *Special consideration will be given to manufacturing accelerator > models and models which support the White House Power Initiative during > this year’s competition, because they are critical to job growth and > strengthening the nation’s economy.* > > > - sends e-m > >
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