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are not eligible for this Competition.
ACTION: Notice.
Federal, state, local and tribal agencies
SUMMARY: The U.S. Small Business
are also not eligible for this
Administration (SBA) announces the
Competition.
2017 Growth Accelerator Fund
3. Registration and Entry Submission
Competition, pursuant to the America
Process for Contestants: Contestants
Competes Act, to recognize the nation’s
must submit their 2017 Growth
most innovative accelerators and award Accelerator Fund applications online
them cash prizes they may use to fund
using the link designated for that
their operations costs and allow them to purpose on www.sba.gov/accelerators,
bring startup companies to scale and
where the link will be posted. In
new ideas to life.
addition to the basic details collected in
DATES: The submission period for
that short application form, contestants
entries begins 12:00 p.m. EDT, June 23,
must also complete and submit deck,
2017 and ends July 21, 2017 at 4:59 p.m. similar to one that would be used in a
EDT. Winners will be announced no
pitch competition, which must address
later than Fall 2017.
all of the items identified below:
Mission and Vision
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
• What is your accelerator’s mission
Nagesh Rao, Office of Investment and
in one sentence?
Innovation, U.S. Small Business
• What specific elements make your
Administration, 409 Third Street SW.,
accelerator model stand out?
6th Floor, Washington, DC 20416, (202)
• What experiences prepare your
205–6565, accelerators@sba.gov.
team for this?
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Impact
Competition Details
• What gaps does or will your
1. Subject of Competition: The SBA is accelerator and/or thrust/program fill?
• What are the specifics of your
seeking to identify the nation’s most
model and how it will accomplish the
innovative and promising small
above?
business accelerators and incubators in
• What has been your success/metrics
order to infuse them with additional
so far?
resource capital that ultimately
• Please explain your overall
stimulates the growth and development
statistics of the start-up life cycle?
of startups from within the
entrepreneurial communities they serve. Implementation
For the purposes of this Competition,
• What is your plan for the prize
Growth Accelerators include
money if you win?
accelerators, incubators, co-working
• Provide basics of business plan and
startup communities, shared tinkerphases for implementation.
spaces or other models to accomplish
• Aside from the founding team
similar goals. Regardless of the specific
members, what do you look for in staff?
model employed, Growth Accelerators
• What are the largest risk factors you
focus on helping entrepreneurs and
see?
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Metrics
• What are your fundraising goals or
metrics? (aside from the 4-to-1 match)
• Is there a plan in place to secure/
work to secure funds (cash, in-kind
donations, or sponsorships) in a 4-to-1
proportion to the prize dollars received?
• Aside from metrics required by
SBA, what are 5 key metrics you will
use to self-evaluate?
• What does success look like?
Additionally, participants in this
Competition must utilize models of
operation that include most, if not all,
of the following elements:
• Selective process to choose
participating startups.
• Regular networking opportunities
offered to startups.
• Introductions to customers,
partners, suppliers, advisory boards and
other players.
• High-growth and tech-driven
startup mentorship and
commercialization assistance.
• Shared working environments
focused on building a strong startup
community.
• Resource sharing and co-working
arrangements for startups.
• Opportunities to pitch ideas and
startups to investors along with other
capital formation avenues to startups.
• Small amounts of angel money,
seed capital or structured loans to
startups.
• Service to underserved
communities, such as women, veterans,
and economically disadvantaged
individuals.
4. Prizes for Winners: Prizes will be
paid in lump sum via the Automated
Clearing House (ACH). Winners will be
required to create an account in the
System for Award Management (SAM)
in order to receive an award, and should
have their paperwork and system’s
credentials established prior to receipt
of the award.
5. Selection of Winners: Competition
entries will be evaluated by a review
committee that may be compromised of
SBA officials, including District Office
employees, other federal agencies, and/
or private sector experts. Winners will
be selected based upon how well they
address the criteria identified in Items 2
and 3 of this Competition
announcement. In judging entries,
special consideration will be given to
those accelerator models which support
one or more of the following:
• STEM/Small Business Innovation
Research (SBIR)
• Women-Owned or Minority-Owned
Small Businesses (Underserved
Communities)
• Rural Communities
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• Veterans Focused Communities
In addition, in order to achieve
nationwide distribution of prizes for the
purpose of stimulating the growth and
development of startups across the
entire United States, SBA may take into
account applicants’ geographic locations
and areas of service when selecting
winners, including support to
geographic regions that traditionally
have limited access to capital, the
underserved, women, the maker
community, and American Indian,
Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian
populations.
6. Applicable Law: This Competition
is being conducted by SBA pursuant to
the government wide prize competition
authority at 15 U.S.C. 3719. By
participating in this Competition, each
contestant gives its full and
unconditional agreement to the Official
Rules and the related administrative
decisions described in this notice,
which are final and binding in all
matters related to the Competition.
Contestants remain solely responsible
for complying with all applicable
federal laws, including licensing, export
control, and nonproliferation laws, and
related regulations. A contestant’s
eligibility for a prize award is
contingent upon their fulfilling all
requirements identified in this notice.
Publication of this notice is not an
obligation of funds on the part of SBA.
SBA reserves the right to modify or
cancel this Competition, in whole or in
part, at any time prior to the award of
prizes.
7. Conflicts of Interest: No individual
acting as a judge at any stage of this
Competition may have personal or
financial interests in, or be an employee,
officer, director, or agent of any
contestant or have a familial or financial
relationship with a contestant.
8. Intellectual Property Rights: All
entries submitted in response to this
Competition will remain the sole
intellectual property of the individuals
or organizations that developed them.
By registering and entering a
submission, each contestant represents
and warrants that it is the sole author
and copyright owner of the submission,
and that the submission is an original
work of the contestant, or if the
submission is a work based on an
existing application, that the contestant
has acquired sufficient rights to use and
to authorize others to use the
submission, and that the submission
does not infringe upon any copyright or
upon any other third party rights of
which the contestant is aware.
Additionally, by registering and
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entering a submission, each contestant
agrees to grant SBA an irrevocable, nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free
license to use materials, concepts, and
other similar items of intellectual
property proposed in, or developed
during operations conducted pursuant
to, its submission for purposes
consistent with the Agency’s mission.
Dated: June 15, 2017.
John R. Williams,
Director, Office of Innovation and
Technology.
9. Publicity Rights: By registering and
entering a submission, each contestant
consents to SBA’s and its agents’ use, in
perpetuity, of its name, likeness,
photograph, voice, opinions, and/or
hometown and state information for
promotional or informational purposes
through any form of media, worldwide,
without further payment or
consideration.
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10. Liability and Insurance
Requirements: By registering and
entering a submission, each contestant
agrees to assume any and all risks and
waive claims against the Federal
Government and its related entities,
except in the case of willful misconduct,
for any injury, death, damage, or loss of
property, revenue, or profits, whether
direct, indirect, or consequential, arising
from their participation in this
Competition, whether the injury, death,
damage, or loss arises through
negligence or otherwise. Given this
Competition does not involve
potentially hazardous activities or the
use of government property, contestants
are not required to obtain liability
insurance or demonstrate financial
resources to cover claims by a third
party for death, bodily injury, or
property damage or loss resulting from
any activity it carries out in connection
with its participation in this
Competition, or claims by the Federal
Government for damage or loss to
Government property resulting from
such an activity.
11. Record Retention and Disclosure:
All submissions and related materials
provided to SBA in the course of this
Competition automatically become SBA
records and cannot be returned.
Contestants should identify any
confidential commercial information
contained in their entries at the time of
their submission.
Award Approving Official: John R.
Williams, Director, Office of Innovation
and Technology, U.S. Small Business
Administration, 409 Third Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20416.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Announcement of Growth Accelerator Fund Competition
AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announces the
2017 Growth Accelerator Fund Competition, pursuant to the America
Competes Act, to recognize the nation's most innovative accelerators
and award them cash prizes they may use to fund their operations costs
and allow them to bring startup companies to scale and new ideas to
life.
DATES: The submission period for entries begins 12:00 p.m. EDT, June
23, 2017 and ends July 21, 2017 at 4:59 p.m. EDT. Winners will be
announced no later than Fall 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nagesh Rao, Office of Investment and
Innovation, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 Third Street SW.,
6th Floor, Washington, DC 20416, (202) 205-6565, accelerators@sba.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Competition Details
1. Subject of Competition: The SBA is seeking to identify the
nation's most innovative and promising small business accelerators and
incubators in order to infuse them with additional resource capital
that ultimately stimulates the growth and development of startups from
within the entrepreneurial communities they serve. For the purposes of
this Competition, Growth Accelerators include accelerators, incubators,
co-working startup communities, shared tinker-spaces or other models to
accomplish similar goals. Regardless of the specific model employed,
Growth Accelerators focus on helping entrepreneurs and their startups
speed the launch, growth and scale of their businesses. A broad set of
models used to support start-ups will better serve the entire
entrepreneurial ecosystem. Whether an accelerator is industry focused,
technology focused, product centric, cohort based or more long term,
all are valuable players in the nation's high-growth entrepreneurial
ecosystem that ultimately creates jobs.
2. Eligibility Rules for Participating in the Competition: This
Competition is open only to previous Growth Accelerator Fund
Competition Winners (2014-2016). Previous winners should be established
private entities, such as corporations or non-profit organizations that
are already incorporated and maintain a primary place of business and
operation in the United States. Entities that have an outstanding,
unresolved financial obligation to, or that are currently suspended or
debarred by, the Federal Government are not eligible for this
Competition. Federal, state, local and tribal agencies are also not
eligible for this Competition.
3. Registration and Entry Submission Process for Contestants:
Contestants must submit their 2017 Growth Accelerator Fund applications
online using the link designated for that purpose on www.sba.gov/accelerators, where the link will be posted. In addition to the basic
details collected in that short application form, contestants must also
complete and submit deck, similar to one that would be used in a pitch
competition, which must address all of the items identified below:
Mission and Vision
What is your accelerator's mission in one sentence?
What specific elements make your accelerator model stand
out?
What experiences prepare your team for this?
Impact
What gaps does or will your accelerator and/or thrust/
program fill?
What are the specifics of your model and how it will
accomplish the above?
What has been your success/metrics so far?
Please explain your overall statistics of the start-up
life cycle?
Implementation
What is your plan for the prize money if you win?
Provide basics of business plan and phases for
implementation.
Aside from the founding team members, what do you look for
in staff?
What are the largest risk factors you see?
Metrics
What are your fundraising goals or metrics? (aside from
the 4-to-1 match)
Is there a plan in place to secure/work to secure funds
(cash, in-kind donations, or sponsorships) in a 4-to-1 proportion to
the prize dollars received?
Aside from metrics required by SBA, what are 5 key metrics
you will use to self-evaluate?
What does success look like?
Additionally, participants in this Competition must utilize models
of operation that include most, if not all, of the following elements:
Selective process to choose participating startups.
Regular networking opportunities offered to startups.
Introductions to customers, partners, suppliers, advisory
boards and other players.
High-growth and tech-driven startup mentorship and
commercialization assistance.
Shared working environments focused on building a strong
startup community.
Resource sharing and co-working arrangements for startups.
Opportunities to pitch ideas and startups to investors
along with other capital formation avenues to startups.
Small amounts of angel money, seed capital or structured
loans to startups.
Service to underserved communities, such as women,
veterans, and economically disadvantaged individuals.
4. Prizes for Winners: Prizes will be paid in lump sum via the
Automated Clearing House (ACH). Winners will be required to create an
account in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to receive an
award, and should have their paperwork and system's credentials
established prior to receipt of the award.
5. Selection of Winners: Competition entries will be evaluated by a
review committee that may be compromised of SBA officials, including
District Office employees, other federal agencies, and/or private
sector experts. Winners will be selected based upon how well they
address the criteria identified in Items 2 and 3 of this Competition
announcement. In judging entries, special consideration will be given
to those accelerator models which support one or more of the following:
STEM/Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
Women-Owned or Minority-Owned Small Businesses (Underserved
Communities)
Rural Communities
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Veterans Focused Communities
In addition, in order to achieve nationwide distribution of prizes for
the purpose of stimulating the growth and development of startups
across the entire United States, SBA may take into account applicants'
geographic locations and areas of service when selecting winners,
including support to geographic regions that traditionally have limited
access to capital, the underserved, women, the maker community, and
American Indian, Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian populations.
6. Applicable Law: This Competition is being conducted by SBA
pursuant to the government wide prize competition authority at 15
U.S.C. 3719. By participating in this Competition, each contestant
gives its full and unconditional agreement to the Official Rules and
the related administrative decisions described in this notice, which
are final and binding in all matters related to the Competition.
Contestants remain solely responsible for complying with all applicable
federal laws, including licensing, export control, and nonproliferation
laws, and related regulations. A contestant's eligibility for a prize
award is contingent upon their fulfilling all requirements identified
in this notice. Publication of this notice is not an obligation of
funds on the part of SBA. SBA reserves the right to modify or cancel
this Competition, in whole or in part, at any time prior to the award
of prizes.
7. Conflicts of Interest: No individual acting as a judge at any
stage of this Competition may have personal or financial interests in,
or be an employee, officer, director, or agent of any contestant or
have a familial or financial relationship with a contestant.
8. Intellectual Property Rights: All entries submitted in response
to this Competition will remain the sole intellectual property of the
individuals or organizations that developed them. By registering and
entering a submission, each contestant represents and warrants that it
is the sole author and copyright owner of the submission, and that the
submission is an original work of the contestant, or if the submission
is a work based on an existing application, that the contestant has
acquired sufficient rights to use and to authorize others to use the
submission, and that the submission does not infringe upon any
copyright or upon any other third party rights of which the contestant
is aware. Additionally, by registering and entering a submission, each
contestant agrees to grant SBA an irrevocable, non-exclusive,
worldwide, royalty-free license to use materials, concepts, and other
similar items of intellectual property proposed in, or developed during
operations conducted pursuant to, its submission for purposes
consistent with the Agency's mission.
9. Publicity Rights: By registering and entering a submission, each
contestant consents to SBA's and its agents' use, in perpetuity, of its
name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions, and/or hometown and state
information for promotional or informational purposes through any form
of media, worldwide, without further payment or consideration.
10. Liability and Insurance Requirements: By registering and
entering a submission, each contestant agrees to assume any and all
risks and waive claims against the Federal Government and its related
entities, except in the case of willful misconduct, for any injury,
death, damage, or loss of property, revenue, or profits, whether
direct, indirect, or consequential, arising from their participation in
this Competition, whether the injury, death, damage, or loss arises
through negligence or otherwise. Given this Competition does not
involve potentially hazardous activities or the use of government
property, contestants are not required to obtain liability insurance or
demonstrate financial resources to cover claims by a third party for
death, bodily injury, or property damage or loss resulting from any
activity it carries out in connection with its participation in this
Competition, or claims by the Federal Government for damage or loss to
Government property resulting from such an activity.
11. Record Retention and Disclosure: All submissions and related
materials provided to SBA in the course of this Competition
automatically become SBA records and cannot be returned. Contestants
should identify any confidential commercial information contained in
their entries at the time of their submission.
Award Approving Official: John R. Williams, Director, Office of
Innovation and Technology, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409
Third Street SW., Washington, DC 20416.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719
Dated: June 15, 2017.
John R. Williams,
Director, Office of Innovation and Technology.
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