Applications are currently being accepted for the CDI Community-Based Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (CETA) Accelerator 2027. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
The CDI Community-Based Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (CETA) Accelerator 2027. Community Development Investors (CDI) in partnership with Zelle® provides an intensive 12-week CETA Accelerator for college students and mid-profession professionals. The program is designed to organize aspiring entrepreneurs to accumulate, function, and develop present small companies whereas creating lasting financial opportunity for staff and communities.
Participants will transfer via the complete acquisition journey and mix sensible instruction with arms-on teaching and assist for members fascinated by pursuing actual acquisition alternatives.
All members should decide to the rules of Community-Based Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (CETA) by incorporating group improvement into their lengthy-time period enterprise possession strategy, together with creating high quality jobs, investing in workers, supporting native organizations, partaking in civic life, and contributing to the lengthy-time period prosperity of the communities they serve.
Applicants should additionally meet one of many following eligibility necessities:
To make sure that the accelerator stays centered on increasing entry to enterprise possession, CDI is dedicated to choosing not less than 60 p.c of every cohort from Option 1. The remaining members could also be chosen from both eligibility pathway primarily based on the energy of their application, dedication to CETA, and potential to create lasting financial alternative in underserved communities.
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