Deadline: March 8, 2024.

The Emerging Young Entrepreneurs (EYE) Program is a year-long program created to support Gen Z and millennial minority entrepreneurs between the ages of 19-35.

The EYE program is uniquely designed to provide the next generation of minority entrepreneur participants ages 19-35 with support to enhance their growing business. Business owners will receive guidance from corporate sponsors, MBEs, and additional stakeholders.  EYE will utilize an interactive curriculum that includes development sessions, practical applications, corporate mentors, and best practices to implement in your business immediately. Participants are provided with the skills, tools, and strategies to start or grow their innovative businesses.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

• Ages 19-35 (as of the application deadline).
• United States citizen.
• Must be at least 51% minority-owned, managed, and controlled.
• Must be a for-profit enterprise and physically located in the U. S. or its territories.
• Management and daily operations must be exercised by the minority ownership member(s). 
• Ownership, in the case of a publicly owned business, means that at least 51% of the stock is owned by one or more minority group members.

BENEFIT

As part of the EYE program, participants hone their pitch to investors for a chance to showcase their company at the NMSDC Annual Conference & Exchange. 

Apply through the OFFICIAL LINK