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LEADER DETAILS

Preferred Email Address (Seed will communicate with you using this email address)

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Salutation

Given / First Name

Surname / Family Name

Gender

Country of Residence

LinkedIn Profile URL

Preferred Phone Number

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Is this your WhatsApp number?

I am proficient in the English language and understand that all classroom sessions will be taught in English.

LEADER POSITION

Job Title

This is a program in which each leader is challenged to assess his or her company's vision, to redefine strategies, and to make ambitious changes. It is imperative that the applicant be the strategic decision-maker for the company. Are you the key strategic decision-maker (typically the CEO or managing director) of the business for which you are applying?

In the rare cases of equal authority for strategic decision making, we allow for two participants from a single company to attend the program. Though your leadership team would be included in all team-based activities, would you want the other key decision-maker to also participate in the Seed Transformation Program Immersion Weeks?

Second Participant

Given / First Name

Surname / Family Name

Email Address

Gender

Job Title

Preferred Phone Number

(Seed will communicate with you using this phone number)

Is this their WhatsApp number?

Do you work or consult for, or have ownership in, any companies other than the one for which you are applying?

Note: This would not disqualify you from participating in the program.

Please list the names of the other companies which you own, work for, or consult with, and your roles/titles with them.

Part of the Transformation Program is working within your company, with your leadership team. Please tell us about your key management/leadership team members and which key function they manage. Please click "Add another team member" to add up to 8 people. Please be sure to tell us about the group you would expect to participate in the in-company activities.

Name

Job Title

Key function

Gender

Yrs. with the team

# of yrs. NOT A YEAR

THIS WILL BE HIDDEN

Number of Managers

Please note: a minimum of two management team members (other than you) is required for admission.

YOUR STORY

Stanford Seed encourages well-written responses to the following questions to facilitate our evaluation of your application.

What problem does your product or service solve for your customers? Please include details about your main product(s) and/or service(s). (200 words maximum)

Who is your target customer, and what is the potential size of your market? (150 words maximum)

What are the key business accomplishments that have led to your company's growth? (150 words maximum)

We asked about your projected revenue for 2023. What are your growth ambitions for your company for the next 3 years and how will you get there? In the last year, due to COVID-19, how have any revisions to your strategy required you to change your growth ambitions? (200 words maximum)

This program focuses on opportunities and challenges faced by leaders, their teams and their businesses. What opportunities or challenges do you have that you hope to seize or address through the Seed Transformation Program? How have these opportunities or challenges changed since the onset of the COVID-19 global pandemic? (200 words maximum)

YOUR IMPACT

Businesses often have a mix of positive and negative impacts on people and the planet. Your company may create impact through providing good jobs, using renewable energy to lower your carbon footprint, providing affordable financing to customers, or in other ways. What is your enterprise's impact? (Select as many as apply)

My company benefits workers by creating direct jobs, or providing other benefits (e.g., developing employees through worker training programs)My company benefits suppliers and distributors by creating indirect jobs (e.g., additional jobs created by companies you source from or sell to as you grow)My company benefits customers by providing products or services for underserved populations (e.g., products that improve the lives of the people living in poverty or otherwise disadvantaged)My company benefits the community by contributing time and/or money in the form of corporate social responsibility (e.g., annual staff volunteer day, donations to a local nonprofit organization)My company benefits the environment by offering solutions that reduce negative environmental impact or create positive environmental impact (e.g., add solar panels to your office building to reduce the carbon footprint, use recycled materials in products)

The mission of Seed is to partner with entrepreneurs in emerging markets to build thriving enterprises that transform lives. With the above selection(s) in mind, please elaborate on how your company contributes to this mission. (200 words maximum)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Do you belong to any trade associations?

Please list the trade associations to which you belong.

Have you participated in any other business incubator or accelerator program(s)?

Note: This would not disqualify you from participating in the program.

Please list the incubator or accelerator program(s) by name, sponsor or supporting organization, and year attended.

Do you or members of your management team have any affiliation to Stanford University?

Note: This would not disqualify you from participating in the program.

Please describe your affiliation with Stanford University.

Please indicate how you first learned about the Stanford Seed Transformation Program. If from an advertisement shared by a friend, please choose Referral.

How specifically did you hear?

Please tell us who referred you to Stanford Seed.

Please tell us how you learned of Stanford Seed.

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[Optional] At Seed, we often talk with many organizations, including other business incubators, accelerators, and funders, who are interested in companies like yours. We also take the privacy of your data seriously. Would you like us to share your contact details with other such organizations?

I permit Stanford Seed to share my name, business name, and email address with other parties, with the goal of providing me other opportunities to support my growing business.

Stanford Seed reserves the right to verify your responses, including any financial information. If found to be inaccurate, your participation in the program may be forfeit, per the terms of the participation agreement.

I certify that all answers provided on this application are true and accurate, to the best of my knowledge.

Used for start-up	Used for capital expenditure
Used for working capital	Used for market expansion
Other

Money from family and friends	Grant
Trade financing (vendor/inventory financing, receivables factoring)	Line of credit
Bank loan/debt	Venture capital/angel investment
Private equity	Other
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