Our incubation is a two-year, fully paid, program for entrepreneurs with the courage and commitment to redesign and launch innovative learning experiences for India’s children. Through intensive support and a peer community, the incubation will equip entrepreneurs with the knowledge and skills to-
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Design an innovative school or learning center
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Start and successfully launch a school or learning center
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Run and sustain a high performing school or learning center
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Over the course of a two-year journey, incubated entrepreneurs will work with experienced coaches and facilitators from across the world to access a suite of learning experiences:
Visits to innovative, high-performing schools across India and the world
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Serve in a six-week apprenticeship within a high-performing school
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Work closely with school-leader and executive coaches to build skill
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Access a network of support from peers and community leaders
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Build the skills to start fundraising and connecting to supporters who can bring your dream to life.
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Attend workshops and training days to access new content
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Explore design and creation tools to build your school or center
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Tap into governmental and legal support as you start your venture
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Vision of excellence
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Drive & entrepreneurial spirit
Sense of possibility
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Creative problem solving
Continuous learning
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Commitment to equity
Motivation & longevity
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Belief in collectives and coalition building
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Who we're looking for
We don’t have a typical, neatly fitted, profile of an entrepreneur. You could be a current educator who wants to start a school. Or maybe you’re working in India’s corporate world, and you aspire to change India’s educational system.
We are, however, looking for people who demonstrate key leadership characteristics that we believe we are critical for success:
Interested in joining the incubation?
We highly recommend you check our work with Labs till the next Incubation starts. It’ll help you get your feet wet. Find out what’s coming up here.
Have you ever thought about starting your dream school or learning center? Are you a visionary who wants to go down the path of reinvention?
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The Circle Incubation
Glimpses from This Year's Incubation
Meet the Entrepreneur-in-Residence Cohort of 2024
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Pravin Nikam
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Samridhi Nair
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Sindhuri Ananth
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Mandar Kulkarni
Pune, Maharashtra
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Arhan Shah
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
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Shruti Mehta
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Prince Jebastin
Pune, Maharashtra
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Shrey Rawat
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