What is the Business Support?
MSDUK Accelerator is a four-month programme designed to help your business succeed. You'll be running experiments to validate your business assumptions. You'll be building relationships with the ecosystem and you'll be meeting the MSDUK corporate network.
Connections are just as critical as capital. We offer holistic support with corporate mentoring, 1-2-1 advice from experts, and specialist workshops. With access to 100+ global corporations and over 300 businesses in our network, you’ll be entering an ecosystem rich with potential.
Unlike other programmes that may be internally competitive, our programme is collaborative. You'll join a dynamic community that will grow with you on this journey. Our Accelerator tribe members support and motivate one another long after the programme has finished.
Programme Benefits:
- Practical workshops covering Customer Discovery & Validation, Product Mindset, Growth Marketing and Communication & Sales – see an example of sessions calendar here
- Corporate mentoring delivered by senior professionals from Unilever, Dow, WPP, Sony, JCDecaux, BT, Aramark, AB InBev among others
- Connections – with founders, experts, corporate network
- 1-2-1 business surgeries with experts in residence
- 1 year Premium MSDUK membership after completing the programme
- Opportunity to develop & present corporate pilot project proposal
Eligibility Criteria:
Eligible applicants must:
- belong to one of the categories below:
- Ethnic minority business: one founder of an ethnic minority origin holding a majority (51% or greater) ownership
- Ethnic minority-controlled business: a business founded with the ethnic minority founder majority
- Ethnic minority freelancer
- Be UK Citizen, resident on UK Indefinite leave to remain, UK Startup visa, UK Innovator visa or an EU citizen in the following ESDP countries: Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden and Ireland
- run Business to Business (B2B) or Business to Business to Consumer (B2B2C) business venture
- have already developed a product or prototype that has users or customers
How to find out more?
To find out more information click here.
