Womennovator - Global Incubator For Women

Who are the key stakeholders in Womennovator?

Following are the stakeholders in Womennovator Influencers/Community Leaders Jury Members/ Mentors Women Faces ( As selected during WE Pitch competition for awards) Academic Partner Association Partner Value Partner

Who are the Community Leaders/Influencers? How can I join?

Community Leaders and influencers are those who are committed to support grassroot level of women by providing them resources and appropriate training and helping them to grow their business and sustain. They can either represent CITY or SECTOR.

Benefits for Key Stakeholders

Following are the benefits for our Key Stakeholders 1. Ease of Access to our Networking Events, Summits and Conclaves 2. Opportunity to earn verified title in Womennovator 3. Free listing of your product and services on our Ecommerce Platform (WE Mark) 4. Concession on pursuing courses on our Learning Management Portal/System (LMS) 5. Access to Government Schemes and Projects related to Entrepreneurship Programme

Who are Jury Members

Jury Members is one of our stakeholders who are either Industry Leaders, CEOs, Directors, Startup Owners and Government Representatives. They act as a jury for pitching events (WE Pitch) and sometimes as Brand Ambassador and Mentors

Do I have to pay anyone to join a certain event as a jury?

No, it is only by nomination through our existing community stakeholders . However, you can apply as our sponsor for any of our upcoming program.

Is there any minimum time commitment?

Yes, each stakeholders is required to conduct their allocated roles and responsibilities . Generally a minimum of 10- 12 hours in a year.

I'm a Doctor and not an entrepreneur. Can i apply for Women Faces Awards?

Womennovator acknowledges all aspects of women without any age bar. They can apply for Women Faces as professionals, social activist and entrepreneurs on our official Website Click Here

How can I become a Women Faces in Womennovator

Once you apply for Women Faces, you need to prepare a 60 Second Pitch in which you will cover mostly about the work you do and what support you expect from Womennovator. Once the same is submitted, you shall be invited to present yourself in our WE Pitch Events where jury members will judge you on the basis of predefined criterias.

What are the categories in Women Faces Awards

Below is the following categories 1. Entrepreneurs : a) Micro Entrepreneur b) Small Entrepreneur c) Medium Entrepreneur 2. Professionals 3. Social Activists. 4) Public choice, on the basis of number of people liked your video.

How can I join as a volunteer?

Womennovator always believe to work with innovative minds or anyone who is inclined towards women empowernment. Hence they can apply for internship or job on our career web page.

How can i contribute in Womennovator as partner

You can apply for partnership as Academic Partner, Association Partner and Value Partner. Once you apply, our team will get in touch with you and understand about your contribution and deliverables.

What is the objective of the incubation program?

Womennovator incubation program is designed to help women who are in the early stage and ideation stage of their startups and have passion and vision to grow their business. Womennovator will help in providing them with advisory and administrative support, along with mentorship and get exposed to a huge network of industry experts. Our primary objective is to produce successful and financially viable businesses that can survive on their own.

What is the objective of the acceleration program?

Womennovator acceleration program is designed to help women entrepreneurs grow and scale-up their business. Primarily we help them in the specific areas of their business where they are facing issues. Additionally, we provide mentorship support, pitch support, knowledge sharing with experts and demo days. The idea is to make their business scale-up from the current stage. To support start up from a minimum viable concept stage to an investible pitch deck through a structured pathway by creating a compelling value proposition, sustainable business model, financial stability, validated MVP

Can a social enterprise or social organization apply?

Yes, of course. Social enterprises which have been started by women can also apply

What defines a social enterprise?

A company with special social goals that support its main objective is referred to as a social enterprise or social business. The revenues from social companies are mostly used to finance charitable initiatives. Social enterprises aim to maximize profits while maximizing benefits to society and the environment.

What is the incubation program structure?

Week 1: Introduction Vision and Objective Week 2: Government opportunities Business Vision and Pitch Week 3: Strategic Business Planning Customer Understanding Week 4: Growing venture Scaling revenue Week 5: Branding and Design Business Analysis and Strategy alignment Week 6: Product Innovations PR and Communication Media Branding and way ahead Week 7: Legal Aspects Intellectual property rights Week 8: Corporate Accounting Strategy for Startups Week 9: Marketing strategy Government Schemes and support Week 10: Investors Offline evaluations

Who can apply for WE - Global Incubation/Acceleration Program for Women?

Incubation (10 weeks): Hardworking ladies who are at the Ideation stage to setting up and scale up stage are eligible to take the most benefits out of our incubation program to learn and get mentored by the best in the industry Acceleration (14 weeks): The program is for women who are in their growth/scale-up stage and want to accelerate their startup/business. They will receive guidance and mentorship in various areas of their business venture.

Can you apply for any sector/industry?

The program is designed to bring the best of Womennovator's programs to women-led ventures across the various sectors.

Will the training be online or offline?

The entire training will be in hybrid more. Most of the expert sessions will be online but pitch days will be online and/or offline.

Can the people who have already done incubation in the past, apply for the acceleration part?

Yes, of course.

Who to get in touch with for listing products on the WE Mark platform?

Get in touch with womennovator team at Wemark@womennovators.com or contact (+91) 9560056130 or simply sign up and start at Click Here

What is the whole process like?

Step 1: The candidate has to go to womennovators.com > Click Incubation page > Apply. Step 2: Completed forms shall receive online Interaction slot link with our leaders on their email Step 3: Selected Women shall get final online interview slots Step 4: Selection in Cohort announcements Step 5: Congratulation mail and pre-incubation/acceleration meet Step 6: Start of 10-14 week incubation/acceleration program

Are the interviews online or offline?

All the interviews are online

What are the criteria of your selection of the incubatees?

The following are must haves for applying for Incubation: An identified problem statement Ideation and early-stage startup Conceptual framework Strong research and background Passionate about it Business Plan Growth plan Acceleration: There are various factors which are taken into consideration while selecting a candidate. We want all women to apply who think their business is: Scalable Have a revenue model Pitch deck/Pitch video Existing partnerships/collaborations (if any) Profitable and sustainable business model Financial stability

There is no space to put any partnerships that we already have in the form.

You have to go further in the form and fill in all the questions

Pitch deck link and pitch video link different or same?

Pitch deck is a PowerPoint presentation based on your business venture. You have to post a link to that. OR Pitch video is a short video where you are explaining about your venture; share this link.

Can we apply if a Pvt Ltd company?

Yes, of course

Can we write one person’s name when we have a team of founders?

Yes, but preferably write women founder name

How will you ensure quality and capacity of women supplies?

There will be different strata's, few may have a capability, few may not. First, we will start will small and office supplies, and then move to bigger and more important procurement areas. What we target to achieve is few hundreds of multimillion women owned business and this is the beginning.

Is there any MoU to be signed?

No, just to fill a form that you are interest (EOI), and we will take you through the process.

Do you have women to procure this?

Yes and No. We have women to find to buy from. We also wish to set up industries. You’ll have to guarantee to buy them. PSUs like NTPC, IOCL and Gail vendor list reached out to women who supplied them.

For corporates, what will be the process like?

Step 1: Collect requirement through our personalized dataroom- Collate the requirements and divide in categories and provide seamless tech- enabled platform for effective tracking.
Step 2: Match with our existing women database- Based on the categories, match with the relavent women from our community.
Step 3: Conduct Vendor Meet- Conduct vendor meet to connect the vendor with the companies.
Step 4: Create and share impact report- Create and share about revenue created and families impacted through our impact report.
Step 5: Get direct entry to Womennovator's Annual Gender Responsive Procurement Awards- Be a part of our annual Gender Responsive Procurement Awards and showcase it in your annual impact report.

If we buy from women, will there be any compromising on price and/or quality?

No.

If we need to source anything how to put out the EOI?

We will do the match making through our existing network and process mentioned below.

Is this through an e-commerce platform?

Yes, you can refer to https://womennovators.io/

Are these women entrepreneurs from womennovator members?

Both. They can be outside the womennovator network also.

Can you suggest vendors and suppliers from local areas where we can procure?

Yes, we will map it to our data base, once the requirements are given to us.

What is Gender Responsive Procurement?

Gender-responsive procurement is the selection of services, goods and civil works that considers their impact on gender equality and women’s empowerment. Gender-responsive procurement encourages implementation of inclusive processes that endorse supplier diversity, thereby offering a significant socio-economic change for women on a global scale.

Who can participate in Awards and WE pitching Competition ?

Any Women Entrepreneurs, Leaders, Professionals or Social Activists, or Men working on a project supporting women

Can Womennovator appointed influencers participate in the pitching competition?

No, however they can Register on Click Here and upload their 1-minute video to be uploaded on our official YouTube channel Click Here., which can be used by our leaders for inviting other women to participate in the events . Also, influencers will be eligible for awards and incubation benefits anyhow.

How do and where do I send my 1 min video?

You can register your video by following two simple steps: - Step 1: Apply for Women Faces Awards: CLICK HERE. Once you register and upload your pitch video in the same form. you shall get a confirmation mail through updates@womennovator.co.in, if not call us at +91 95607 03449 , Please check your spam as well. Step 2: Once you send us Video, it shall be uploaded on Click Here. Step 3 Share your YouTube video with your friends and family for Public choice awards for your sector or city.

Why should I participate in this?

As an Influencer , Area President and Women faces you shall be eligible for the following benefits: - 1. 10k Womennovator Global Award- Digital awards and certificates during the Global flagship | Mega events. 2. Continued interaction with verified network of like minded women. click here . Access to all our initiatives - Incubation and Acceleration Program | meet potential corporate clients and industry experts, form a global network, and get access to government schemes and funding.| click here 4. Access to list your product and services on WE Shop and help in creating distribution network. Click here 5. Access to mentor pool | click here 6. Access to exclusive events across globe. Click here

Can the area president, secretary, and/or treasurer apply for the WE pitch?

Yes, they can. They can also send their 1 min video to be uploaded on our social media on WhatsApp at +91 95607 03449.

Will all women who have submitted their forms and videos get a chance to participate in the pitching competition?

Yes, all women who shall send their 1 min video they all will be eligible for participation in the competition.

What should I include in the1 min video: LEARN HOW TO PITCH!

Here is a video by Anil Chhikara, Chairman - Startup India Foundation, and Tripti Shinghal Somani, CEO - KGS Advisors and Founder Womennovator on how appropriately to pitch yourself for 60 secs while on stage. This will give you some clarity on how to approach the video. Click Here

What will be the basis of judging in the competition and what should be in 1 min video?

Judging will be along different lines for different categories: - 1. Entrepreneurs: - a. Problem b. Solution. c. Market Approach & Strategy. 2. Leaders/ Professionals: - a. Society Development, b. Policy Contribution., c. Key Achievements. 3. Social Activists: a. Problem. b. Solution. And c. Key Achievements

How many get selected for awards and incubation?

We select 6 from each City and sector in below categories: 1. 3 Women Entrepreneurs based on: a. 1 Startups / Micro- Up to Rs 5 crore (Rs 50 mn) b. 1 Small- up to Rs 75 crore (Rs 750 mn) c. 1 Medium- up to Rs 250 crore (Rs 2.5 bn) 1 Leaders/ Professionals 2. 1 Social Activists 3. 1 Public choice based on social media

Is it necessary to choose the same winners for awards and incubation?

This is not at all necessary, your awardees and Incubatee can be different, it is completely based on the requirement. Few winners may prefer not to go for incubation and so we can include additional names for incubation.

How can you associate or become an event partner?

To become an event partner register Here: - and drop a mail here contact@womennovators.com.

Where do I refer to sample pitches and pitching competitions?

Sample pitches can be found here: Click Here

Click Here for Sample WE Pitch Event:

What is the general flow of the WE pitch event?

Here is the general flow of the event: - 1. Start with National Anthem 2. Introduction of WomennoVator and special guest by Womennovator’s team and influencers (Doordarshan Coverage: Click Here) 3. WomennoVator way forward - Founder - Tripti Shinghal Somani ( play YouTube video) (i) In English - CLICK HERE (ii) In Hindi - CLICK HERE 4. Talk by chief guest and Jury for maximum 1 min each 5. WE pitch competition starts in presence of Jury/mentor 6. Results announcement 7. Thank you Note by influencer

How do we always keep you posted about our initiatives and Event

Youtube WE Pitch Channel

Facebook Closed group for leaders

Where can I find sample coverages and the events?

Last year Womennovator Mega event Coverage by DD national: CLICK HERE Launch 2019-20 video: CLICK HERE About womennovator In English - CLICK HERE In hindi CLICK HERE

How to reach out to us

For more information, log on to our website https://womennovators.com/ or For partnership mail or Incubation Program at partner@womennovators.com or call at +91 93158 54688 For Influencer , Jury and Events related queries at we@womennovators.com or call at 9560703449 For Promotion of products and services mail at wemark@womennovators.com or call at +91 9312232627 IT and Website support at +91 9312232627 Any Other queries : +91 93122 32627

Why WE pitch Competition:

WE - PITCH " Elevator Pitch Series " which is " For Women & By Women " in 100+ Indian cities and 90+ sectors impacting more than 10,000+ women entrepreneurs, Professionals, Leaders & Social Activists in 30+ countries around the world followed by the annual awards ceremony WOMENNOVATOR Global Summit WE - PITCH " Elevator Pitch Series " : This Elevator Pitch Series will be such that the Entrepreneurs, Leaders, Social Activists and Professionals will be given 60 seconds to explain the concept and idea of a service or product to a set of jury members. As a result of which the selected pitches will be offered a bundle of technical and non-technical advantages for the growth and scaling of the company or an idea. WE - PITCH is one of its kind enterprise elevator pitch series which has been designed to give Women Startup/ Micro/ Small/ Medium Enterprise, Leaders & Social Activists a platform to connect with the Industry's best entrepreneurs, professionals/CEOs, women community leaders/ Activists and Women leaders. Our mission is to give early-stage female-founded or female-led Startup/ Micro/ Small/ Medium Enterprise brand exposure, pitching opportunity in 100+ India's cities & 90+ sectors majorly in Tier 2 & 3 cities across India, and presenting semi-finalists from each city at a Final Pitch Event to a panel of international/national investors, press, corporate executives, angel investors, and other successful founders. Women Startup/ Micro/ Small/ Medium Enterprise, Leaders & Social Activists to learn and grow from a variety of experiences including the success stories from others. Various Stakeholders to converge under a single Umbrella. The intersection of technology and ideas leading to the effective translation of R&D activities for commercial gains.

What is WOMENNOVATOR?

WOMENNOVATOR is a global platform that supports and empowers women entrepreneurs.

What is the mission of WOMENNOVATOR?

The mission of WOMENNOVATOR is to provide resources and support for women entrepreneurs to succeed and grow their businesses free of cost.

Who is eligible to participate in the 100 POWER WOMEN programme?

Women entrepreneurs nationwide are eligible to participate in the 100 POWER WOMEN programme.

What are the benefits of participating in the 100 POWER WOMEN programme?

The benefits of participating in the 100 POWER WOMEN programme including awards and upliftment in profile making.

The benefits of participating in the 100 POWER WOMEN programme

including awards and upliftment in profile making.

How can I register for the 100 POWER WOMEN programme?

You can register for the 100 POWER WOMEN programme on the WOMENNOVATOR website.

What is the selection process for the 100 POWER WOMEN programme?

The selection process for the 100 POWER WOMEN programme involves an application and interview process.

How long does the 100 POWER WOMEN programme last?

The 100 POWER WOMEN programme lasts for a period of 4 months.

What kind of support does WOMENNOVATOR offer to women entrepreneurs?

WOMENNOVATOR offers support to women entrepreneurs in the form of mentorship, access to resources and funding, and networking opportunities.

Is there a cost to participate in the 100 POWER WOMEN programme?

There is no cost associated with participating in the 100 POWER WOMEN programme.

What kind of networking opportunities are available through WOMENNOVATOR?

WOMENNOVATOR offers a variety of networking opportunities, including events and online communities.

Who has partnered with Womennovator to provide a platform for women entrepreneurs in India to expand their businesses globally?

Amazon.

How many women entrepreneurs will be provided with a platform to expand their businesses globally under this partnership?

200 women entrepreneurs will be provided with a platform to expand their businesses globally under this partnership

What is the name of the e-commerce platform created specifically for women entrepreneurs recommended by Womennovator for smooth onboarding with Amazon Global Selling?

WESHOP

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