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Apply to the Winter 2024 Madworks Program

Thank you for your interest in the Madworks Accelerator by StartingBlock.
In order to learn more about you and your company, we'd like you to complete the Madworks Accelerator application. Once we receive your application, we will be in touch to discuss next steps.

First Name

Last Name

Company

Email

Phone

Position

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

City

Region/State/Province

Postal / Zip code

Country

LinkedIn Profile

Company Website

Year Founded

Entity Type

We assist Wisconsin-based early-stage startups. Will you be able to fully commit to our 10-week (mostly in-person) program at StartingBlock in Madison, Wisconsin?

Have you reviewed the tentative calendar for this Cohort on our website? http://www.madworksaccelerator.org/calendar-2/

Will you commit at least 20 hours per week on your business throughout the 10-week program? (Note that you will not be spending 20 hours per week with the program, but rather 20 or more hours on your business.)

In one sentence, what does your company do?

How does your company make money or intend to make money?

Describe where you are in the development of your product/service, (idea stage, working prototype/MVP, fully developed, somewhere in between, etc.)

Describe the background, skills, and roles of the founder or founding team members.

Do you have any employees (not including founders)? How many? What roles do they play?

Who are your competitors? How are you different, better, or worse than the competition?

Who are your target customers? How do you find and acquire those customers?

Do you have customers

What traction does your company currently have? This could be revenue, customer pilots, active users, or another measure of growth.

How does your Company keep track of its finances?

How does your Company keep track of major decisions?

What keeps you up at night regarding your business?

Why are you interested in Madworks?

Each team that completes Madworks is eligible for a $6,500 grant. What would your Company do with the money?

How did you learn about Madworks?

What other entrepreneurial resources have you utilized? (Check all that apply)

Capital Entrepreneurs

Doyenne

Center for Tecnology Commercialization

Forward BioLabs

gALPHA / gBETA / CS Nest

Small Business Development Center (SBDC)

Merlin Mentors

UW Law + Entrepreneurship Clinic

UW-Madison Discovery to Product (D2P)

WARF Upstart

WiSys Venture Home Network

WWBIC

Is there anything else you want to share as part of your application?

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Thanks for applying to Madworks. We will be in contact soon!

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