Building a Business w/Girls Startup Global Business Entrepreneurship Accelerator

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**Apply to the Girls Start Up Global Entrepreneurship** **Accelerator** **Competition**

At Seeds of Fortune Inc. we consider you the next generation of leaders. The Girls Start Up Global Entrepreneurship Accelerator Competition will assist you in setting up and growing your business that will impact the community in which you live and the world around you.

Businesses are created to meet a need in the world, usually these needs come from problems that everyday people want/need solutions to make their lives more productive.

Join our 3-week online accelerator in April designed for young women ages 16-22 from Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, UK, Canada, & Caribbean. Take the leap toward becoming a global change-maker & submit your business. Develop entrepreneurial skills, refine your business ideas, and pitch your venture for a chance to win $1,000.

Directions:

Please review every section of the article at the end submit your responses via our apply link to enter the competition to be considered for $1000 USD.

Step I: Starting Your Business Idea

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Starting Your Business

1b. Name 3 problems you would like to solve in the world, community, or neighborhood.

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1c. Narrow the 3 problems you listed above to ONE problem you would like to solve.

Step II: Building a Solution

When solving a problem you have to decide if your solution will come in the form of a product or service.

Product: A good, idea, method, information, object or service created to serve a need or satisfies a want. It has a combination of tangible and intangible attributes (benefits, features, functions, uses) that a seller offers a buyer for purchase. For example a seller of a toothbrush not only offers the physical product but also the idea that the consumer will be improving the health of their teeth.

Service: A product overall is an object or substance that is up to sale where as a service is more of system supplying a public need such as communications or transport.

2a. Select if your business is a Product or Service

Step III: Statement of Purpose

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Please include the below:
1. The aims and objectives of your business
2. The services you provide or product.
3. The needs your service meets.
4. Your contact details.
5. The places where services are provided.

Step VI: Competition

Who are your competitors?

a. Please list at least 3 competitors: Direct, Indirect, and Replacement

Step V: Resources

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