Thank you for your interest in joining the VELA Founder Network. We’re glad you’re here.
VELA is a community of visionary founders building sustainable businesses that revolutionize education. About half of the founders in the VELA Founder Network operate small learning environments and the other half are ecosystem builders offering direct services and support for the alternative education ecosystem. VELA Founder Network members have exclusive access to funding opportunities, resources, events, and the collective knowledge of thousands of entrepreneurs across the country.
The Founder Network application has three components: applying to join the VELA Founder Network, your request for a Micro grant, and general questions about your journey as a founder. We aim for the application to take 45 minutes or less to finish.
In the application, we’ll ask questions about your ‘organization’ and ‘founder’. At VELA, here’s how we define them:
- Organization: The name of the organization applying to join the VELA Founder Network. If you have not yet formally established an organizational entity, that’s okay; please use the name that people commonly call your program as the organization name.
- Founder: The person who leads the organization and will be the main participant in the Founder Network.