West Side Business Xcelerator
West Side Business Xcelerator
The West Side Business Xcelerator (WSBX) is designed to support high growth potential businesses. Funded in part by the City of Chicago Neighborhood Business Development Center, this program is designed to specifically for owners or management teams with a vision for growing the company significantly, as well as background and experience in managing growth, each participating company will go through three weeks of assessments and five weeks of developing a growth plan around a specific market opportunity. Each business owner will be partnered with a team of advisors and have the potential to receive gap loans to help them get over access to capital hurdle and qualify for larger traditionally funded loans.
Application Cycle for Fall 2020 Session Opening Soon!
ELIGBILTY
To participate in WSBX, applicants must meet a specific set of criteria. The criteria outlined below is the starting point for screening, but Bethel reserves the right to adjust these criteria as we determine the demand and capacity of participants to meet these criteria. Eligibility criteria for WSBX is as follows:
APPLICATION
BUSINESS CASE PRESENTATION
Applicants are required to present their business in 5-7 minute presentation for our Make Your Case panels. During the presentation you will be expected to present yourself and your business, performance history, market for growth opportunities and explain how your participation in the WSBX will help your business reach that next level.
WHAT TO EXPECT IF ACCEPTED
HOW TO APPLY
Please note applications are accepted by referral or recommendation only. We invite you to complete the pre-application questionnaire. Click here to begin.
Xcelerator Pre-Application Questionnaire
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