Entrepreneurship Pathway: Welcome Video

0:00 Welcome to the entrepreneurship pathway. This pathway is all about helping you launch new ventures, accelerate existing ventures, or develop innovative solutions to address social challenges in your communities. Whether you're still shaping an idea or ready to scale something you've already started, this is your space to launch, build, and scale. So, let's take a look at what's actually here. When you open the entrepreneurship pathway on the Engage portal, you'll find a curated set of partner tools, organizations, and opportunities designed to support you at different stages of your entrepreneurial journey, from developing your idea to launching, to growing, and scaling. These have been arranged into units that mirror the different stages of your journey. This pathway has a wide range of partner tools available to you, so

0:45 take some time to explore what's there. These aren't courses you have to complete in order. Think of them as a toolkit you can dip into based on what you need right now. And because partner opportunities rotate, new resources and tools may appear over time, so it's worth checking back regularly. As you may remember from the ELP welcome video, there are several financial awards available to you across the program. The ones most relevant to this pathway are the seed fund, which provides early-stage funding for promising social ventures and entrepreneurial project, the community action award, which provides advanced funding for projects that have already achieved a minimum viable product or proof of concept, the Aspire Reunited award, that supports cross-country alumni projects that offer creative solutions for social impact,

1:30 and the conference grant, that supports alumni presenting original research or projects at conferences and summits. Each has its own deadlines and eligibility criteria, so make sure to review the details carefully in units three and four of the entrepreneurship pathway before applying. Throughout each pathway, you'll come across Discord activities designed to help you connect with fellow alumni on a similar journey. Make sure you join the entrepreneurship channel on Discord. This channel is where you can connect with fellow alumni building ventures, share what you're working on, ask questions, and hear about new opportunities as they come in. It's a great place to find collaborators and stay in the loop. You'll also want to keep an eye out for pathway-specific events on Discord and the Engage portal as they come up. From time to time, you'll also be prompted to fill out

2:16 short surveys. Your feedback helps Aspire understand what's working and where you need more support. So, please take a moment to complete them when they come up. This pathway's here for you wherever you are in your entrepreneurial journey. Take some time to explore and come back as often as you need. Welcome to the entrepreneurship pathway. Let's build something that matters.