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Johns Hopkins University Presidential Venture Fellowship

This student entrepreneurship award is directly supported by the President’s office. The application is open to any Hopkins’ full-time student in good standing, set to graduate this spring (or from fall 2023). The student must be committed to working full-time in Baltimore on a startup venture where they have a majority ownership stake. Please complete all questions below in their entirety and submit before April 7. Applicants are encouraged to read the criteria carefully and review the FAQ at https://ventures.jhu.edu/programs-services/fastforward-u/funding-opportunities/student-grant-faqs/ NOTE: In order for your application to be considered, two recommendations from faculty members and two recommendations from outside sources are required. These recommendations should be brief and must be submitted separately by the recommenders by April 7.

JHU Student Affiliation
What degree did you complete in Fall '23 or Spring '24?
Note: this award is for recent (December 2022) or incoming alumni (May 2023).
List all team members, specific role/title (if applicable), email and JHU affiliation (if applicable). If none, write N/A.
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Please paste all team member's name and associated LinkedIn URLs. Example: "Josh Ambrose | https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-ambrose/"
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Are you working with any JHU faculty/staff members on this venture? If so, please list their names, title, department(s), and their role in your venture. If none, write N/A.
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Please submit a PDF of your most recent pitch-deck:
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Describe your venture in one sentence.
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Please provide a more detailed pitch/explanation of your company.
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Are you headquartered in Baltimore?
If not, please explain your plan to transition your headquarters here.
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What about Baltimore excites you for future growth?
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Please select your incorporation status.
Does your venture have JHU-owned IP?*
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Please paste an overview of your business plan including: problem, market analysis/customer discovery, validation of problem, marketing/commercialization plans, financial considerations, and anything else relevant at this time.
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Please share your website/social media handles.
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What is the problem/opportunity that your venture addresses?
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What is your venture’s approach to addressing this problem/opportunity, and how is the approach unique? What’s your value proposition?
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What is your current traction? Describe what you’ve already done to move this venture forward:
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What challenges/competition do you foresee as you continue to build this venture?
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How do you anticipate generating revenue? Explain your business model:
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How much funding/revenue, if any, has your venture secured? And from where? Please be specific with the sources and amounts:
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What are your goals for the venture for the next 12 months? Please be as specific as possible.
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If your venture is selected, how would you budget the prize money to help accomplish those goals? Please be as specific as possible.
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Is there anything we didn’t ask about that we should know about your venture? Feel free to share your website, wireframes, press coverage, or otherwise relevant links here. 
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