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LEADER
DETAILS
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Gender
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Country of Residence
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Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Christmas Island
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Cote d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Faroe Islands
Fiji Islands
Finland
France
French Guiana
French Polynesia
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greece
Greenland
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Guadeloupe
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Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
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Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
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Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
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Kenya
Korea
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Laos
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Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Samoa
San Marino
São Tomé and Prìncipe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia and Montenegro
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Viet Nam
Virgin Islands
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
LinkedIn Profile URL
Preferred Phone Number
(Seed will communicate with you using this phone number)
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Is this your WhatsApp number?
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Yes
No
I am proficient in the English language and understand that all classroom sessions will be taught in English.
Please select...
Yes
No
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?
Please select...
I'm the sole strategic decision-maker
I'm one of the strategic decision-makers
I strongly contribute to, but do not make strategic decisions
I am NOT a key decision-maker
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?
Please select...
Yes
No
Second Participant
Given / First Name
Surname / Family Name
Email Address
Gender
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Male
Female
Prefer not to answer
Job Title
Preferred Phone Number
(Seed will communicate with you using this phone number)
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Is this their WhatsApp number?
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Yes
No
Do you work or consult for, or have ownership in, any companies
other
than the one for which you are applying?
Please select...
Yes
No
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.
COMPANY DETAILS
Company Name
Street Address of Principle Place of Operations
City
Country
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Angola
Bangladesh
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Cote d'Ivoire
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the
Djibouti
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
eSwatini
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
India
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
Niger
Nigeria
Republic of Congo
Rwanda
São Tomé and Principé
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Tanzania
Togo
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
(If your country is not listed, we are unfortunately not accepting applications from you location at this time)
x
State/Province/County
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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Daman and Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Puducherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
State/Province/County (hidden)
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Ahafo
Ashanti
Bono
Bono East
Central
Eastern
Greater Accra
North East
Northern
Oti
Savannah
Upper East
Upper West
Volta
Western
Western North
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Daman and Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Puducherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Baringo
Bomet
Bungoma
Busia
Elgeyo/Marakwet
Embu
Garissa
Homa Bay
Isiolo
Kajiado
Kakamega
Kericho
Kiambu
Kilifi
Kirinyaga
Kisii
Kisumu
Kitui
Kwale
Laikipia
Lamu
Machakos
Makueni
Mandera
Marsabit
Meru
Migori
Mombasa
Murang'a
Nairobi City
Nakuru
Nandi
Narok
Nyamira
Nyandarua
Nyeri
Samburu
Siaya
Taita/Taveta
Tana River
Tharaka-Nithi
Trans Nzoia
Turkana
Uasin Gishu
Vihiga
Wajir
West Pokot
Abia
Abuja Federal Capital Territory
Adamawa
Akwa Ibom
Anambra
Bauchi
Bayelsa
Benue
Borno
Cross River
Delta
Ebonyi
Edo
Ekiti
Enugu
Gombe
Imo
Jigawa
Kaduna
Kano
Katsina
Kebbi
Kogi
Kwara
Lagos
Nasarawa
Niger
Ogun
Ondo
Osun
Oyo
Plateau
Rivers
Sokoto
Taraba
Yobe
Zamfara
Eastern Cape
Free State
Gauteng
KwaZulu-Natal
Limpopo
Mpumalanga
North West
Northern Cape
Western Cape
Is your company headquartered in this country?
Please select...
Yes
No
Year Founded/Registered
Company Website
If no website, please enter "NA"
Legal enterprise classification?
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Sole proprietorship
Partnership
Private limited company/Société à responsabilité limitée
Corporation
Other
Our program is designed for all for-profit business models. How would you categorize your business?
Please select...
Commercial
Socially conscious commercial
Social enterprise
Not for profit
Commercial - primarily profit driven.
Socially conscious commercial - profit driven with a general commitment to social and/or environmental responsibility and stewardship.
Social enterprise - an organization whose
primary
purpose is to solve a social or environmental problem through a market-driven approach.
Not for profit - an organization that does not earn profits for its owners.
Please select the industry that most represents your enterprise, or the part of the economy on which it has the most impact.
Please select...
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing (incl. Food & Beverages)
Construction, Civil Engineering & Real Estate
Education
Energy & Energy Extractives
Financial Sector
Health
ICT (Information & Communication Technologies)
Tourism
Transportation & Logistics
Water, Sanitation & Waste Management
Other Manufacturing
Other Services
Other Wholesale/Retail
Human Resources/Recruiting
Please select the part of this industry in which your enterprise primarily participates.
Please select...
Farming
Manufacturing
Services
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Services
Wholesale/Retail
Manufacturing
Services
Wholesale/Retail
Does your company have a formal mission statement?
Please select...
Yes
No
Note: This would not disqualify you from participating in the program.
What is your company's mission statement?
Does your mission statement include any of the following?
A general commitment to social and/or environmental responsibility and stewardship
A commitment to a specific positive social impact (e.g., poverty alleviation, sustainable economic development)
A commitment to a specific positive environmental impact (e.g., reducing waste to landfill with upcycled products)
A commitment to serve a target in-need beneficiary group (e.g., low income customers, smallholder farmers)
None of the above
Note: This would not disqualify you from participating in the program.
REGISTRATION & OWNERSHIP
Is the company legally registered to operate in any countries other than the one provided in the address above?
Please select...
Yes
No
In what other countries is your company legally registered?
Are you the company's founder?
Please select...
Yes
No
Please tell us the story of the company’s founding.
Are any family members involved in the running or funding of your business? (board of directors, management team, etc)
Please select...
Yes
No
Please briefly tell us a bit about the company’s history with and the current involvement of family members.
Is your company a wholly owned subsidiary or division of another operating company?
Please select...
Yes
No
What is the name of your company’s parent company?
Is your company part of a holding company or management group, or an affiliate of another organization?
Please select...
Yes
No
What is the name of your company's holding company, management group, or affiliated company?
Please describe your ownership of the company.
Please select...
I'm the sole owner
I'm a co-owner
I have NO ownership
What percent of the company do you own?
%
What are the names of the company owners, and the percent of the company they own?
Is your company 100% owned by entities that reside within the country of your principal place of operations?
Please select...
Yes
No
What percent of your company is owned by entities that reside outside the country of your principal place of operations?
%
In what country(ies) are those foreign owners?
Does your company own intellectual property such as patents, trademarks, or copyrights?
Please select...
No
Yes
COMPANY FINANCES
We cannot evaluate your application without this information. We will be validating this information before admission to the program, so please complete as accurately as possible.
Your data will remain confidential, and will not be individually shared with any parties outside Stanford University.
In what currency does your company primarily track its finances?
Please select...
US Dollar (USD)
Bangladeshi Taka (BDT)
Botswana Pula (BWP)
Cape Verde Escudo (CVE)
CFA BEAC (XAF)
CFA Franc BCEAO (XOF)
Comoros Franc (KMF)
Congolese Franc (CDF)
Djibouti Franc (DJF)
Eritrean Nakfa (ERN)
Ethiopian Birr (ETB)
Gambian Dalasi (GMD)
Ghanaian Cedi (GHS)
Guinea Franc (GNF)
Indian Rupee (INR)
Kenyan Shilling (KES)
Lesotho Loti (LSL)
Liberian Dollar (LRD)
Malagasy Ariary (MGA)
Mauritanian Ouguiya (MRU)
Mauritian Rupee (MUR)
Namibian Dollar (NAD)
Nigerian Naira (NGN)
Rwandan Franc (RWF)
Sao Tome Dobra (STN)
Seychelles Rupee (SCR)
Sierra Leonean Leone (SLL)
South Africa Rand (ZAR)
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR)
Sudanese Pound (SDG)
Swazi Lilangeni (SZL)
Tanzanian Shilling (TZS)
Ugandan Shilling (UGX)
Zambian Kwacha (ZMK)
Other
What is your company's most recent fiscal year end date?
In the currency selected above, what were your company's revenues for the following fiscal years, are those financials audited, and what are your earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT)?
FY2020 Revenue?
Please enter only a number, with no
commas or decimals.
FY2020 earnings before interest and taxes?
FY 2020 Audited?
FY2019 Revenue?
Please enter only a number, with no
commas or decimals.
FY2019 earnings before interest and taxes?
FY2019 Audited?
FY2018 Revenue?
Please enter only a number, with no
commas or decimals.
FY2018 earnings before interest and taxes?
FY2018 Audited?
You'll have an opportunity to describe the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on your business later in the application. Please provide any other context for any significant changes to your revenue and profit margins over the above periods that we should be aware of.
How do your revenues this month compare to the same month last year?
Please select...
Monthly revenues declined by more than 50%
Monthly revenues declined by 25% to 50%
Monthly revenues declined by 5% to 24%
Monthly revenues stayed about the same
Monthly revenues increased by 5% to 24%
Monthly revenues increased by 25% to 50%
Monthly revenues increased by more than 50%
What is your expected profitability for this year vs last year?
Please select...
I expect it will be higher
I expect it will be the same
I expect it will be lower
In the currency selected above, what is your annual revenue estimate for FY2023? (
3 Year Projection
)
Please enter only a number, with no commas or decimals.
Have you received any of the following forms of financing in the past?
Equity (
Private equity, v
enture capital/angel investment, family or friends)
Debt (
Bank loan/debt, t
rade financing, line of credit, family or friends)
Grants
None
(equity investment is money received in return for some portion of ownership)
(debt should not include any personal debt obtained on behalf of the business)
(grants includes any seed grants, awards, donations, or other philanthropy)
In the currency selected above, please list the amount of equity investment your company has brought in.
Please list the source(s) and year(s) of the received equity investment.
In the currency selected above, what is company's current debt?
Please list the source(s) and year(s) of the received debt.
In the currency selected above, please list the amount of grant funding your company has brought in.
Please list the source(s) and year(s) of the received grant funding.
How have you used any financing received? (Check all that apply)
Used for start-up
Used for capital expenditure
Used for working capital
Used for market expansion
Other
Please list any other ways you used the funding received reported above.
Are you currently seeking financing in the form of debt, equity or grants?
Please select...
Yes
No
In the currency selected above, please list the amount you are seeking.
What are you seeking this funding for?
What types of funding are you considering? (check all that apply)
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
Don't know yet
What other type of funding are you considering?
COMPANY ATTRIBUTES
How many paid employees does your company have in total? Please include all locations/branches.
How many full-time, permanent employees?
How many part-time, permanent employees?
How many temporary employees (including contracted, sub-contracted, seasonal or casual workers)?
Does your company have a Board of Directors or equivalent governing body?
Please select...
Yes
No
Which of the following apply to your company’s board of directors or equivalent governing body?
Includes at least one independent member
Includes at least 50% independent members
Includes at least one woman
Our company is a cooperative and elects its board from membership
None of the above
(By independent, we mean people who are not the company officers, not company founders/owners, and do not have familial ties to the company)
How many times a year does the board meet?
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
Please select...
Accounting or Finance
Communications
Facilities
HR
Legal / Strategy
Operations
Research
Sales or Marketing
Technology
Other
Gender
Please select...
Female
Male
Prefer not to answer
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 select...
Yes
No
Please list the trade associations to which you belong.
Have you participated in any other business incubator or accelerator program(s)?
Please select...
Yes
No
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?
Please select...
Yes
No
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.
Please select...
Referral
Advertisement
Event
Email
Social Media
Other
Event
News Article or program
How specifically did you hear?
Please select...
Previous Transformation Program Participant
Seed Staff
Family/Friend
Trade Association, Chambers of Commerce, etc.
Other
Facebook Advertisement
Twitter Advertisement
LinkedIn Advertisement
Google Advertisement
Please tell us who referred you to Stanford Seed.
Please tell us how you learned of Stanford Seed.
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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.
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