AVIATRA ACCELERATORS LAUNCH® NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
10-Week Program for Young Businesses Culminates with Flight Night Annual Pitch Competition
CINCINNATI, OH –May 12, 2022- Aviatra Accelerators, a non-profit accelerator devoted to empowering women-owned startups and small businesses, has opened applications for its next Launch® program, a 10-week, 30-hour program designed specifically for newer, revenue-positive businesses – those in business for between 1 and 3 years who are seeking to take their business to the next level. At the end of the 10-week program, female entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to compete for funding in Aviatra’s Flight-Night pitch competition, a combination in-person and virtual event.
“Launch® has truly helped to catapult hundreds of local women-owned businesses through meaningful coaching, solid understanding of sales strategies, finance, marketing and legal best practices,” noted Nancy Aichholz, President/CEO of Aviatra Accelerators. The winners of the 2021Flight Night pitch competition were Emily Bruns and Sofia Mimendi of Aclipse Campervans and Dominique Khoury of Looqma. Both companies have seen significant business growth since exiting Aviatra’s Launch® program.
Any female entrepreneur with a viable, existing business is invited to apply for Launch®. Business owners will create a business plan specifically tailored to their business, work with an assigned mentor, participate in networking and coaching during the 10-week program, with classes one evening per week starting June 8, 2022. For more information about Launch®, go to https://aviatraaccelerators.org/get-started/ or to apply for Launch®, please visit: Aviatra Launch Application. The fee for the 10-week Launch® program is $ 600.
Aviatra offers two other programs; EXPLORE®, an early-stage ideation and business validation program and GROW® is ongoing sustainability programming. Aviatra also offers a digital, online platform of curriculum called Aviatra365®.
About Aviatra Accelerators
Celebrating nearly twelve years of supporting women-on-the-rise to find the power to soar, Aviatra Accelerators, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, exists to empower female entrepreneurs, providing education, coaching, mentoring, networking and access to capital. Aviatra’s programs are tailored to meet the needs of women entrepreneurs at all stages of the business cycle. With a presence in Dayton and Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky, Aviatra Accelerators has helped over 3,000 female entrepreneurs create 15,000 jobs, has awarded millions in funding, and its entrepreneurs have generated a cumulative total of over $1 billion in earned revenues. For more about Aviatra and its female entrepreneur success stories, visit, https://aviatraaccelerators.org.
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