What are the Benefits of the Accelerator?
Women-owned businesses receive less than 3% of all VC investments. Seeds of Fortune is challenging the Status Quo by developing young women innovators to participate in our competitive Girls Start-Up Accelerator to learn funding from an earlier age.
This one-year program, with a paid internship component, helps HS Scholars access the tools, resources, and networks necessary to supercharge social impact ideas.
We help them formulate their ideas and provide the necessary feedback and funding streams to turn their ideas into action.
Girls Startup Scholars Developed Skills
Public Speaking
Email Etiquette
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Digital Literacy
Financial Literacy
Resume
College Essay
Growth of entrepreneurship skills
Workforce Development skills
Early-stage social impact ideas
into scalable projects and businesses
Program Schedule
Summer '24 Program Dates:
All Dates are Mandatory
Virtual Online - 2X a Week Classes:
May 1, 2024 - June 26, 2024
Sundays: 3:55 PM - 6:55 PM ET
Wednesdays: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM ET
Hybrid NYC - Founder's Day Pitch: June 5, 2024
Virtual - College Meet & Greet: June 12, 2024
In person - Miami Finalist Pitch Trip: July 9th-10th, 2024
Fall '24 - Spring '25 Program Dates:
Virtual Monthly College Prep Support
October - November, 2024
January - April, 2025
In-person Pitches
NYC Founders Day Pitch Times Square
Miami Finalist Pitch Sole Miami Hotel & Grant Cardone HQ
Entrepreneur
in Residence
Adebukola Ajao
Adebukola answered the call of economically enhancing her community and providing media education to small businesses, she started a media consulting practice called BDY CONSULT. She has garnered major clients such as Verizon, actress, singer, songwriter Keke Palmer, and the illustrious Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Also, she guided small business in low-income neighborhoods in Boston. She developed their brand messages and collected social media analytics to measure their success. She is currently a Adjunct Professor at Northeastern University with a Master of Professional Studies in Digital Media with a concentration in social media management.