{"id":76990,"date":"2021-08-12T14:18:48","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T14:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plopandrei.com\/?p=76990"},"modified":"2021-08-12T14:18:48","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T14:18:48","slug":"westerwelle-young-founders-programme-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/12\/westerwelle-young-founders-programme-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Westerwelle Young Founders Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-76991\" src=\"http:\/\/plopandrei.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Application_Form_Banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"365\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li><u><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Introduction<b><strong style=\"font-style: inherit;\"><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/b><\/span><\/u><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><b><strong style=\"font-style: inherit;\">Kick-Off Conference:\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>A two-day digital kick-off conference will take place in the last week of September 2021;<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><b><strong style=\"font-style: inherit;\">Remote Programme:<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0From October 2021 \u2013 March 2022, the Young Founders will receive six months of support including a personal mentor, alumni buddy, monthly peer mentoring sessions, monthly expert workshops and networking opportunities with corporates and investors;<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><b><strong style=\"font-style: inherit;\">Berlin Conference:<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0The ten best performing Young Founders will be invited to a five-day conference in Spring 2022. During this conference, the founders will have the opportunity to pitch in front of investors, participate in workshops, join networking events and get an insight into the German start-up scene.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">The Westerwelle Young Founders Programme (YFP) is a six-month fellowship for 25 leaders uplifting emerging and developing markets towards a sustainable future. We offer targeted support to scale our founders&#8217; ventures and develop their leadership abilities, with the following programme plan:<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><u><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Selection Criteria<\/span><\/u><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">We are looking for entrepreneurs with high potential for impact and growth to become leaders of a sustainable future, with the following criteria:<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">You have recently (in the last five years) started a for-profit company focused on developing or emerging markets;<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Your company possesses a scalable business model that has ideally generated revenue or secured a first round of external funding;<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">You or your business possesses disruptive qualities that can increase the quality, impact or inclusiveness of the industry;<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">You possess a good working knowledge of English;<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">You are available to attend the digital kick-off conference and can make time to participate in programme activities for the six months.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><u><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Instructions<\/span><\/u><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">The following application will provide our Programme Team with an understanding of your startup and profile. Please have the following key elements ready:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Your startup pitch deck<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Basic financial information (i.e. revenues, funding)<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Your LinkedIn profile and\/or CV<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">With these on hand, the application will take approximately 20 minutes.\u00a0<\/span><b><strong style=\"font-style: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Only complete applications will be reviewed.<\/span><\/strong><\/b><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><b><strong style=\"font-style: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Application deadline:<\/span><\/strong><\/b><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">\u00a0Friday, September 3 at 11:59 CEST<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><strong style=\"font-style: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Interviews with shortlisted candidates:<\/span><\/strong><\/b><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">\u00a0September 13-17, 2021<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><strong style=\"font-style: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Notification of all applicants:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/b><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">September 20, 2021<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">For further questions, please sign up for an info session:\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tZclfuiurzovG9WVXi_GkbcF3Mr1z_QWM7kF\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tZclfuiurzovG9WVXi_GkbcF3Mr1z_QWM7kF<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">For technical issues ONLY (i.e. cannot submit form): please email\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"mailto:office@westerwelle-foundation.com\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">office@westerwelle-foundation.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">The key application dates are as follows:<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li>For more information please open this link<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.zohopublic.eu\/westerwelle-foundation\/form\/JobApplicationForm\/formperma\/xO28npIPuv0UQSk2oMWzjPNJQyrAyJ9qHus1fxrOQP0\">https:\/\/forms.zohopublic.eu\/westerwelle-foundation\/form\/JobApplicationForm\/formperma\/xO28npIPuv0UQSk2oMWzjPNJQyrAyJ9qHus1fxrOQP0<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"m2doGnfwFZ\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/westerwelle-foundation.com\/programmes\/young-founders-program\/\">Young Founders Program<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Young Founders Program&#8221; &#8212; Westerwelle Foundation\" src=\"https:\/\/westerwelle-foundation.com\/programmes\/young-founders-program\/embed\/#?secret=m2doGnfwFZ\" data-secret=\"m2doGnfwFZ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Introduction Kick-Off Conference:\u00a0A two-day digital kick-off conference will take place in the last week of September 2021; Remote Programme:\u00a0From October 2021 \u2013 March 2022, the Young Founders will receive six months of support including a personal mentor, alumni buddy, monthly peer mentoring sessions, monthly expert workshops and networking opportunities with corporates and investors; Berlin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":76991,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,9],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76990"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}