GEN Accelerates provides world-class educational programming and digital spaces to train and empower entrepreneurs, investors, mentors and more. A program of the Global Entrepreneurship Network, GEN Accelerates combines a powerful virtual platform with plug-and-play curriculum and structured mentorship that strengthen the key players who power the growth of local, national and regional entrepreneurship ecosystems.
Small businesses and startups play a critical role in growing a local economy. However, these entrepreneurs often find themselves with insufficient local access to training resources, mentorship and capital. GEN Accelerates utilizes a five-stage, tiered structure to customize content and program offerings to end users through a series of certification programs aimed at increasing capacity for entrepreneurs, investors and mentors:
- GEN Academy for Entrepreneurs: Curriculum to support entrepreneurs at all stages through the development of acceleration and incubation programs combined with semi-structured and network-driven programming to ensure holistic support.
- GEN Academy for Investors: Tailored to investors of all types seeking to upskill and assimilate international best practices through five tracks: Introduction, Portfolio Development, Diligence, Fund Management and Syndication.
- GEN Academy for Mentors: Formally prepare mentors to build independent thinkers and leaders with accountability and transparency, laying the foundation for a world-class mentoring culture.
In addition to providing programs to support GEN’s national chapter and partners in ecosystems around the world, GEN Accelerates programming powers startup competitions – adding an accelerator program and worldclass mentorship to founders.
The Global Entrepreneurship Network operates programs, like GEN Accelerates, that make it easier for anyone, anywhere to start and scale a business. Active in 200 countries, GEN divides its programs into four distinct categories: those intended to celebrate entrepreneurs and inspire others to follow in their footsteps; those intended to better understand the underlying conditions that best enable entrepreneurs to thrive; those intended to support entrepreneurs through proven policy and programmatic interventions; and those intended to connect entrepreneurs, ecosystem builders and community leaders to strengthen local ecosystems around the world.