The FINNOVATION Fellowship supports impact-driven entrepreneurs as they lead and launch sustainable and innovative businesses.

The FINNOVATION Fellowship program helps build leadership and entrepreneurial skills in early-stage social entrepreneurs. Supported by the Bush Foundation, its goal is to inspire, equip, and connect social business leaders in Minnesota and beyond through an immersive nine-month program.

Benefits:

• Curriculum designed to help develop leadership skills in a successful social enterprise.
• Also, access to an entrepreneurial community of advisors and mentors with relevant expertise, advice, and feedback.
• Dedicated space at FINN Lab to support the growth (and fun!) that comes from coworking alongside their cohort and other professionals
• Moreover, up to $53k is covered in living and health expenses.

Eligibility:

• you are curious and dedicated to progress.
• your enterprise is innovative, has a revenue-generating component, as well as solves a real need.
• Also, if your impact makes a difference in Minnesota and potentially beyond. All areas of impact are welcome including education, health, environment, hunger, as well as poverty alleviation.

Required Set of Skills

• Eager to develop innovative business models grounded in deep insights into the problem.
• Also, Open to learning, experimenting, and growing to be a better leader.
• Passionate about expanding your perspective on the possible impact you can make.
• In addition, Committed to participating in the program for a minimum of 35 hours a week.

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Cohort Commitment:

• Make time to engage, connect, and collaborate outside of the program structure.
• Show up prepared, present, and ready to participate. Help build a healthy community through respect and engagement.
• Work with the process and be proactive. They have intentionally designed a process to support entrepreneurial growth, and parts of that process may be new to you or uncomfortable. Communication and accountability help them support you.