Design Residency: Ventures, our five-month, part-time program will provide you and a team member with customized coaching, tools, and financial support to scale and implement innovative and equity-centered solutions to DC’s most pressing educational challenges.
What You Will Do
- Design a pilot to test, adapt, and scale your solution
- Develop a robust business plan for your venture
- Build a network map of potential advisers, funders, and partners
- Pitch your solution to a panel of experts
What You Will Get
- Up to a $30,000 start-up grant
- Dynamic workshops
- Individualized coaching sessions
- Custom support to develop a network of potential funders and partners
Who Should Apply
Entrepreneurs, educators, or education-adjacent professionals across Washington, DC who have:
- Met our criteria
- Identified, defined, and explored a problem and solution
- Piloted or tested at least one aspect of their solution
- A deep commitment to DC’s young people