Introducing ING Next Finds
A social enterprise design course for new ideas that support financial and environmental health, sponsored by our friends at ING Australia
The ING Next Finds Design Program is for up to 20 aspiring social enterprise founders and is a chance for you to develop your social enterprise idea with the help of the social enterprise experts at StartSomeGood.
The ING Next Finds program introduces emerging founders to the foundational elements of successful social enterprises, including impact model, business model, go-to-market strategy, customer avatar, fundraising possibilities, personal sustainability and more, based on StartSomeGood’s successful Good Hustle program (Find out more about Good Hustle here).
If you are committed to exploring your own social enterprise idea, you are invited to apply for a sponsored place in the program.
Your idea must be focused on developing a social enterprise model, which you will have the chance to refine and clarify during the program. By social enterprise model we mean it must have a clear business model and a clear impact model that you want to test and pursue. The impact must be made in Australia.
The Next Finds program is hosted by StartSomeGood co-founder and CEO Tom Dawkins, one of Australia’s most experienced enterprise coaches and educators.
Successfully completing the Next Finds program provides an idea-stage on-ramp for social entrepreneurs into the ING ecosystem, where you may have access to additional mentorship, grant and showcase opportunities.
Participants must be living in Australia and must have at least 4 hours/week to work on their idea during the ten weeks of the program, January-March.
Preference will be given to ideas that clearly contribute towards ING’s impact strategy: to engage Australians in actions that support planetary and financial health.
Application Deadline: November 20
Places Offered: December 1
Program Dates: Onboarding and meet & greet in December, then the main program runs mid-January-end March.
All program elements take place online.
