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Empower Now in Partnerschaft mit TikTok Incubator
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Application Questions + Matching Selection Criteria
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Website: https://berlin.impacthub.net/de/program/empower-now-in-partnerschaft-mit-tiktok/
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Selection CriterionExplanation Matching CriteriaCharacter limitsMandatory?Your answers
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TextGreat! Now we would like to hear more about the challenge you are addressing and your impact. You will find the matching selection criteria directly under your question. This section of five questions makes up 40% of the total points.
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1. Problem-Solution- Fit & ImpactPlease describe the challenge you want to address.You show that you understand the challenge addressed and the needs of the group(s) affected by the challenge. (1-5 points)1300Yes
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Please describe who is (directly or indirectly) affected by the challenge you described.Your venture/initiative explicitly empowers vulnerable populations, marginalised groups and/or people who face (multiple) discriminations. (1-5 points)1300Yes
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Please describe how your product or service is going to address the described challenge and the people affected by it. Your venture/initiative effectively targets the mentioned challenge and/or important aspects of it. (1-5 points) AND Your venture/initiative benefits a large number of individuals and/or strongly affects a selected number of communities. (1-5 points)1300Yes
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What steps have you taken to validate your idea? (Have you e.g. executed surveys, focus groups, trials or tastings?) Have you included the group(s) affected by the challenge in the design of your product or service?You have validated your offering by collecting feedback, e.g. through user research, testing with users and/or a pilot customer(s) .
You include your your target group in the design of the described solution. (1-5 points) 		1300Yes
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TextThank you. Next, we will ask you three questions about your viability. This section makes up 13% of the total points.
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2. Viability Do you already have an idea about your business model? Who pays for your product/service? Please outline your thoughts brieflyYou demonstrate awareness of financial sustainability and show first ideas of achieving financial sustainability through your business model (for non-profits this might mean research on funding opportunities). (1-5 points)1300Yes
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Do you already have paying customers? If yes, how many?This is just for us to get an idea. It will not influence the selection.500No
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Who offers a similar product / service, and how do you differentiate yourself from them or how do you complement their work?You have knowledge of stakeholders and other actors in the field. (1-5 points)1000Yes
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TextGreat, we hope you are still with us! We will now ask you three questions about your skill set, lived experience and willingness to learn. This section makes up 20% of the total points.
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3. Skillset & Willingness to learnPlease tell us more about yourself, your skillset, and your professional experience. If you are part of a team or work with freelancers, tell us more about the people you work with. Where does your expertise lie? How do you divide the work? What team roles have you been able to define? You (and your co-founders, team or collaborators) have a diverse skillset and expertise within the field of your venture/initiative. (1-5 points)1300Yes
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We want to value your lived experience in this incubator as a strength. As far as you feel comfortable, please describe how you leverage your lived experience in order to support your community with your venture/initiative.You are leveraging your lived experience in order to support your community ("nothing about us, without us"). (1-5 points)1500Yes
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Do you see any expertise that is lacking? What is it you still want to learn? Where would you need additional help? You are aware of which other expertise is lacking and you display a willingness to seek for support / advice and/or intent to grow a successful team (e.g. co-founders, freelancers, employees). (1-5 points)1300Yes
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TextAlmost done! We will ask you two questions to make sure you will benefit from our programme. This section makes up 27% of the total points.
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4. Programme Fit What do you hope to gain from participating in the FLINTA* incubation programme? What are your biggest challenges currently? How do you think the program can help you achieve your goals? You describe your personal motivation to work on your project and you demonstrate a strong motivation to contribute to the cohort by supporting other programme participants.
(1-10 points)		1300Yes
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We strongly believe that impact cannot happen in isolation. How do you intend to contribute to the programme and support your peers during the programme? You demonstrate a strong motivation to contribute to the cohort by supporting other programme participants (e.g. peer2peer learning sessions). We realise that not everyone feels comfortable in groups, we will try to offer different formats. (1-10 points)1300Yes
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TextHi! We are asking you the following question as this incubator is designed for FLINTA* founders and therefore these identities and lived experiences make up part of our selection criteria. We especially want to give FLINTA* founders who are facing multiple discrimination the chance to take part in the incubator. Your information, including the identities you share with us, will be treated with confidentiality and will never be shared with anyone outside of the selection committee. It will be used exclusively to confirm the match of our selection criteria. If you do not want to be specific, that is ok with us.
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DEIHave you experienced discrimination on the basis of any of these criteria?
- your gender identity
- belonging to an underrepresented racial/ethnic group or because you have a (forced) migration history
- belonging to an underrepresented religion
- your sexual and/or romantic orientation
- you have a disability, health issue or are neurodiverse
- your level of education in a work environment
- your age in a work environment
- other

Please state in your answer:
Yes (and list them)
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Prefer not to answer		You face multiple discrimination. (1 point if no OR 10 points if yes)/Yes
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As much as you feel comfortable, please indicate markers that lead or have led to discrimination in your founding journey. You can be as vague or specific as you like, we do not want to weigh experiences against each other, but want to make sure we create a cohort that feels safer amongst each other. The information will never be shared with anyone outside of the selection committee. This is not a selection criterion.1500No
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Is there anything else you would like to share with us? Do you or your co-founders have special needs / wishes for the programme that you would like to share with us? We will ask you again if you are selected.This is not a selection criterion.1500No
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 End How did you hear about the programme? This is not a selection criterion./Yes
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