Healthcare & Beauty Accelerator Program

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New cohort forming for the TBC Healthcare & Beauty Accelerator Program
Sessions begin Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Application Deadline: April 15th

Applicants Will Be Notified By: April 17th

Click to Apply for the Healthcare & Beauty Accelerator

Objectives of the program:

Provide underserved companies with access to resources to scale their business.
Learn how to develop a 3–5-year strategic growth plan.
Examine how to standardize process in end-products for greater efficiencies.

The program is a combination of Live face-to-face and online sessions, and starts Tuesday, April 22, 2025 and continuing weekly through Tuesday, June 10 with the face-to-face Pitch Competition session. Weekly live sessions are 6:30-8:30 pm either face to face or virtual depending on the session. Learners will have work to complete each week following the live session using our online learning platform. Learners need to have access to an Internet connection and either a smartphone or desktop/laptop computer. Some work including financial documents is best accomplished using desktop applications.

The sessions are:

Session 1 | Tuesday, April 22, 2025 | Face to Face (location TBA): Meet & Greet and Course Expectations

Session 2 | Tuesday, April 29, 2025 | Virtual: Canvas Model Planning

Session 3 | Tuesday, May 6, 2025 | Virtual: Brand Awareness, social media

Session 4 | Tuesday, May 13, 2025 | Virtual: Quality Assurance, Packaging

Session 5 | Tuesday, May 20, 2025 | Virtual: Retail Ready & Distribution

Session 6 | Tuesday, May 27, 2025 | Virtual: Pitch Education and VSP

Session 7 | Tuesday, June 3, 2025 | Virtual: Capital – Human and Financial

Session 8 | Tuesday, June 10, 2025 | Face to Face (location TBA): Pitch Competition

You will be expected to attend all 8 live sessions and to complete each session’s work on a timely basis. Time management will be essential in order for you to be prepared to present your pitch during the 8th session on June 10.

Selection Criteria:

Viable Business Idea.
Strong assessment of the quality of the Business Idea (Proof of concepts or feasible).
In one of the 3 Startup Stages: Early-stage, Venture-Funded (Growth) Stage and Late.
Investment of 5 – 20% in business.
Can Benefit from SBIR & STTR Services.
51% Of Leadership of Color (Black and Brown).
UVP- Demonstrate the need or niche market for their product or service.
Strong management team willing to manage the business and participate in the accelerator program.
Have plans to remain in the region after completion of program.
Have environmentally safe products or services.
Adds Diversity to local economy.
Have Business that meets the economic development goals.
Have a working prototype or a developed product.
Have a business plan or multiyear financial plan based around assumptions.

Fees for the Accelerator

If accepted, the registration fee for the program is $25 non-refundable. There will be an application fee for a successfully processed loans. Financial Aid Application.