Girltank Seeks ’10,000 Names in 100 Days’ of Female Entrepreneurs/Innovators
Feb 09, 2012
The challenge has been set– Girltank, the she-lab for entrepreneurship and second generation Start-Up Chile participant, is seeking to find 10,000 young women social entrepreneurs, innovators, and heroes. Their goal? “We want to show the world that young women from every region of the planet are making powerful contributions to society and leading social change. We want to tell your stories!” says Tara Roberts, one of Girltank’s co-founders.
Stemming from their movement to inspire women leaders, the 10,000 Names in 100 Days challenge was created in order to share stories of triumph and struggle with fellow entrepreneurs and with the world-at-large while promoting growth and scalability among the women’s’ social ventures.
There are no age restrictions for the challenge but entrants should fit into one or more of the the following roles: social entrepreneurship, founder of a nonprofit or social enterprise, artist bringing to light a social issue, a community-change initiator, a humanities researcher, or technology inventor whose products make life easier and better for others.
Each entry will receive a copy of “Catching Suki,” a short story by U.K.-based author Sarah Alderson (Hunting Lila and Fated), and the following prizes will be raffled by Girltank:
$25 Amazon gift card
$100 self-care package from LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics
Apple iPad2
An all-access pass to TED Global Conference 2013
If you’re interested in applying or nominating someone, please click here.
Source: www.startupchile.org
A Week in Review– Welcoming the Second Generation
Jan 26, 2012
As the second group of Start-Up Chile’s second generation, 67 new startups comprised of 130 people from 33 different countries arrived to Chile on January 16th to begin participating in our governmentally-backed accelerator program.
The week commenced with a speech by Start-Up Chile’s executive director, Jean Boudeguer, about what the entrepreneurs should expect during their 6+ month stay in the country which was then followed by two days of basic workshops about how to receive the capital, the Return Value Agenda, and Start-Up Chile communications. In the afternoons the entrepreneurs were taken by our staff to process all of their international visas that permit them to work in Chile for one year.
Wednesday and Thursday provided the main opportunity for everyone to pitch each of their projects– approximately 50 of the new startups presented to their attentive peers.
Daniel Ponce, a Bolivian entrepreneur adds, “I think something that we really appreciate is the opportunity to be surrounded by people who in some way share the vision to create great things and make big changes.”
When asked what is best about being a part of Start-Up Chile, Arik Meyer from Germany stated: “lots of inspiring discussions with like-minded entrepreneurs and an overall positive atmosphere.”
Welcome to Chile everyone!
Start-Up Chile is a program of the Chilean Government to attract world-class early stage entrepreneurs to start their businesses in Chile.
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