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The Food and Beverage Accelerator is a five-month accelerator focused on supporting high-growth consumer packaged goods ventures from Black Food entrepreneurs in scaling up their operations and acquiring new distribution channels. Our customized educational workshops and dedicated team of mentors and advisors works closely with the founders for both personal and professional growth. We believe that at the core of all successful ventures are it’s founders and our program provides the key foundational elements needed to help build up our founders.
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January 14
Applications Open
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March 11
Applications Close at 11:59pm
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April 8
Participants Selected and Notified
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May 2
Programming Kick-off
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May – September
Weekly Sessions
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October 2022
Demo Day
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Product is in the market through a minimum of 10 points of sales
Points of sale can include independent stores (i.e. coffee shops, convenience stores, etc.), grocery, retail, online, etc.
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Full-time founder(s) can commit 5-months to programming.
The program includes a varity of workshops, fireside chats with investors, serial entrepreneurs and mentorship sessions. It is key that the founding team stays committed to the program to get the most out of it.
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Venture active for over a year with Monthly Recurring Revenue of $3,000 – $5,000.
If ventures are under the age of one, we will review the monthly recurring revenue and growth accordingly.
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Focus on growth and scaling to achieve high impact
Our primary goal is to help ventures scale, therefore a growth mindset is key.
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A driven, coachable and collaborative leadership team
Drive and coachability is a major factor as our team of dedicated mentors and advisors are leading experts from the industry.
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For more information, please contact us at yspace@yorku.ca
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