💸 Mid-Week Money! Money in the middle of the week just the way we like it.
The biggest funding program, A grant for small business owners of color, TikTok Resumes a program that connects job seekers on TikTiok to hiring companies, Angel Investment School
Here is what to expect is in this newsletter:
The biggest funding program yet that rewards and celebrates extraordinary women
A grant to provide small business owners of color with access to the capital, mentorship, and community that will enable them to take action, build stronger businesses, and have a positive impact on the economy.
Angel Investing School
TikTok announced a pilot program called TikTok Resumes that connects job seekers to hiring companies
A Tech Tool to help get you acquired.
🗣From the Founder (Kamilah)
We are going to try something a little different this week. Midweek Money! Who else gets a little overwhelmed by all the emails that you get first thing Monday morning. We thought we would try something a little different this week and give it to you in the middle. Let us know what you think.
🤑 Let’s have some FUNding!
💰Grants
IFundWomen Entrepreneur of the Year (IFWEOY21) is the biggest funding program yet that rewards and celebrates extraordinary women entrepreneurs who have proven product-market fit, driven growth, and demonstrated a meaningful impact through their businesses. Through the program, IFundWomen will be awarding one (1) grand prize winner with a $100,000 equity investment. In addition, hundreds of thousands of dollars in monetary grants and coaching scholarships will be deployed to category honorees and runners-up. Apply Here
The Entrepreneurial Spirit Fund by SIA Scotch SIA Scotch Whisky is pledging $250,000 to support multicultural entrepreneurs. Inspired by its founder’s journey as one of the first Hispanic entrepreneurs in history to create a scotch whisky brand, SIA has been challenging conventions since its 2012 launch on kickstarter.com. The brand has always had a vision to inspire others to achieve the unexpected, and now their goal is to provide small business owners of color with access to the capital, mentorship, and community that will enable them to take action, build stronger businesses, and have a positive impact on the economy.
Hello Alice is hosting Amazon’s Black Business Accelerator community to provide $10,000 cash grants to select Black-owned businesses, as well as access to business mentors and a community experience that will help build sustainable equity and growth for Black entrepreneurs. All participants get free access to business resources, technical training, and mentorship. The final deadline for $10K cash grant applications is Thursday,July 29, 2021, at 6 p.m. ET. Limited eligibility. See the Terms & Conditions for more details. To be eligible for consideration for a $10K cash grant, you must:
Be a legal resident of the United States over the age of 18
Be at least 51% Black-owned
Hold a valid minority-owned business credential
Be registered as an Amazon Professional Seller
💸 Angel Investors
Angel Investing School Opening Day Wed, 27 July 2021, 18:00 BST. Sign up here. AIS Open Day will provide an overview of Angel Investing and the upcoming Angel Investing School Open Day. AIS aims to get more women and people of color onto cap tables.
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💼Job Opportunities
TikTok announced a pilot program called TikTok Resumes that connects job seekers to hiring companies, including Target, Alo Yoga, PopSugar, NASCAR, Shopify, and Contra. Through July 31, candidates can upload videos CVs with the hashtag #tiktokresumes in the caption.
Charlie HR are on a mission to Make Work Better by equipping small businesses to deliberately craft their culture every day, with the tools they build. Apply here
At Brandwatch the goal is to bridge the gap in understanding people in ways we didn’t think possible while creating a workplace that promotes diversity and inclusion. They've got roles in Engineering, Marketing, Ops and more! Apply here.
📈 Accelerators
IBM Hyper Protect Accelerator is an investment-readiness and technical mentorship program, run in partnership with Village Capital and IBM. The program supports impact-focused startups leveraging highly sensitive data to improve the quality of, and access to digital, financial and healthcare services. The IBM Hyper Protect Accelerator has already supported 45 early-stage startups across the world and is now open to applications for Cohort 4. Check out Cohorts 2-3 here. No equity will be taken in your company by IBM nor Village Capital as part of the program.
💲 Venture Capital
Zinc VC is looking for 70 brilliant individuals to build products and services from scratch with the mission of improving children and young people’s mental health.
📆Events
Join FemTech Collective for a week-long event series where they will discuss the ins and outs of fundraising and investing in female health!
🛠 Tech Tools - My absolute favorite things!
MicroAquire - I have been OBSESSED with this site every since a subscriber shared it with me. MicroAcquire helps startups find buyers. Simple as that. They help you start conversations that lead to an acquisition in just 30 days – for free! I know for some of you that are growing companies that you may not be in love with or you are ready to move on a grow something else this is the site for you.
🔮Business Alchemy ✨
Yall know I am with the WOO WOO! Let’s pull a card for the week and get inspired.
Card of the Week: Silence
From the Deck: Season of the Witch (My favorite deck)
Keywords: Stillness/nothingness, presence
There is a sweet embrace in the nothingness stillness brings, a presence of self, fully embodied.
The world moves at such an alarming rate. Sitting inside a coffee shop I can hear sirens, cars, construction, people talking and moving. I find myself seeking the quite of dawn when the Earth is still and muted.
There is a presence in the silence. There is a space to fill it with the sound of your voice and the beat of your heart. This is the space where all of creation is free to roam wild. Stillness is the presence of nothing and the potential for everything.
A witch knows she must take time to find stillness. It is within the nothingness that creation is born. One must be still to hear. One must be still to receive the subtle message left for us to find. Spirit needs your attention for a few moments to guide you on your path.
If silence has paused in your spread, take this opportunity to be still. This card is a reminder to spend time each day to clear your mind. The answer to your question will come when you stop searching, allowing the solution to be presented to you. There is no need to rush in this situation, even if you think you must. Remove your expectations of the situation you are inquiring about. Give this up to the silence , nothingness. Spirit will take your query and answer when the time is right.
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