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2023 Enrollment Open

Oyate Group is a nonprofit organization working to close existing gaps in services, resources, opportunity and wealth through local entrepreneurship in The Bronx, Harlem and Washington Heights. We invest capital and redirect the city’s abundant resources to pre-seed and seed startups founded by BIPOC entrepreneurs. We believe founders historically left out of traditional investment pipelines are key to the future prosperity of New York City . 

We believe that in the financial capital of the world, no entrepreneurs or aspiring entrepreneurs should be shut out from bringing the next big idea to life which is why we started the Community Capital program. 

Founders will have the opportunity to pitch their ventures to a panel of esteemed judges, shark tank style. We will have three winners; first place will receive $50,000; second place will receive $25,000; third place will receive $10,000.

The application deadline is June 30th.

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* 1. Contact Details

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* 2. Which of the following best describes the racial or ethnic background of your organization's leadership?

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* 3. How does your organization's leadership publicly self-identify?

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* 4. Which of the following best describes the sexual orientation of your organization's leadership?

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* 5. Does anyone in your organization's leadership require any accommodations or assistive technology?

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* 6. Have you demonstrated progress against your concept?

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* 7. Describe your business venture in 2-3 sentences or share a link to a video about your business venture.

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* 8. When did you start working on this venture approximately?

Date

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* 9. Share the main website for your business if you have one:

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* 10. If you have any social media accounts for your business, please share the link(s)

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* 11. Have you participated in an accelerator program before? 

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* 12. What is the problem you've identified?

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* 13. What is your solution? (What products / services will you offer?)

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* 14. If you would like to add any additional supporting documents, please upload them. (Ex. Business Plan)

PDF, DOC, DOCX, PNG, JPG, JPEG file types only.
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* 15. Who is the identified market for your product?

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* 16. What is the size of your addressable market? What percent of the market do you seek to attain and over what time period?

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* 17. List 2-5 competitors and tell us why your idea is distinct from alternatives in the field? (If no direct competitors, how else are your customers solving the problem now?)

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* 18. What is your business model (e.g., how does your solution generate revenue) ?

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* 19. Do you have a marketing / sales strategy to reach more customers / users?

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* 20. Approximately, how much total revenue have you generated to date?

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* 21. Approximately, how many customers or users have you reached to date?

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* 22. Share an experience that demonstrates what makes you a successful entrepreneur.

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* 23. Who else is on your team and why are they best positioned to execute on this idea?

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