EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women program

Application Deadline: June 21, 2019

Entrepreneurial Winning Women join an elite business network of the country’s best high-growth companies and participate in a customized executive leadership program with year-round activities designed to:

Expand their knowledge with the latest information, research and executive dialogues about business strategies and practices.
Identify potential partners, strategic alliances, customers and suppliers as well as prospective sources of private capital.
Provide access to informal, one-to-one guidance and support.
Strengthen their executive leadership and business skills and identify opportunities to grow through meetings with senior advisors and seasoned entrepreneurs.
Increase national and regional visibility for themselves and their companies among corporate executives, investors and the media.

Requirements:

To take advantage of this extraordinary opportunity, applicants must fit the following criteria:

Woman business owner (at least a 51% owner) who is the founding CEO of any privately held US or Canadian company less than 10 years old. If there are other women co-founders, they may apply as a group if the group meets the ownership criteria.
For those women who have sought outside investment, the founding woman entrepreneur may still apply if she retains a majority ownership stake of what’s left after deducting all outside investments.
Company must have reported at least $2m in sales for each of the last two fiscal years. (Typical applicant company revenue ranges from $2m up to approximately $30m annually.)
2019 applicants must be able to attend a two-day orientation session on September 24 – 25 in New York City as well as the EY Strategic Growth Forum, November 13-17, in Palm Springs, California. Attendance at both the Orientation and Strategic Growth Forum is mandatory.
Please note the following additional eligibility rules:
- Only for-profit businesses may apply.
- Franchisors are eligible, but franchisees are not.
- Former EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award winners are not eligible.

EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women 2019 application

Nomination form

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the EY Southern Africa Entrepreneurial Winning Women™ Program 2019

Application Deadline: 2nd May 2018.

The EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women™ program is a national competition and executive education program that identifies a select group of high-potential women entrepreneurs whose businesses show real potential to scale — and then helps them do it.

As the leader in advising, guiding and recognising entrepreneurs, EY knows that access to successful role models and business-building networks is critical for entrepreneurs to accelerate growth.

Spanning 50 countries and over 400 participants, the EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women programme identifies high-potential women entrepreneurs whose businesses show real potential to scale and provides them with ongoing support to help accelerate their growth.

The EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women programme is an executive leadership programme that identifies a select group of high-potential women entrepreneurs whose businesses show real potential to scale — and then helps them do it.

By applying for EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women, you are applying for an award as well as an executive education program. The entrepreneurs selected participate in a customized leadership development program with year-round activities designed to catalyze their companies’ growth by building and fostering critical relationships, enhancing leadership skills, expanding business know-how and providing increased visibility. Winners are welcome to remain engaged in the Winning Women program and activities for as long as they benefit.

The Entrepreneurial Winning Women join an elite business network and customized executive leadership program with year-round activities designed to help their companies grow rapidly:

Expand their knowledge with the latest information, research and executive dialogues about business strategies and practices
Identify potential partners, strategic alliances, customers and suppliers as well as prospective sources of private capital
Provide access to informal, one-to-one guidance and support
Strengthen their executive leadership and business skills and identify opportunities to grow through meetings with senior advisors and seasoned entrepreneurs
Increase national and regional visibility for themselves and their companies among corporate executives, investors and the media

Those selected for the Entrepreneurial Winning Women programme are exposed to entrepreneurs, investors and advisors who can help them on crucial actions needed to scale their companies:

Think big and be bold
Build a public profile
Work on the business, rather than in it
Establish key advisory networks
Evaluate financing for expansion

Eligibility Requirements:

Applicants must ﬁt the following criteria to participate:

Have a substantial ownership of the business – at least 50%
Have decision making roles and –
Demonstrate passion to grow their business and scale up
Are ready to fully commit to the programme and attend the series of four workshops in Johannesburg over the twelve months
Businesses must be at least three years old and have reported at least R3.5m revenue during the last financial year

Nominate Now for the 2018 EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women program

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Ernest & Young (EY) Southern Africa Entrepreneurial Winning Women™ Program 2018

Ernest & Young (EY) Southern Africa Entrepreneurial Winning Women Program 2019 for high-potential Female Entrepreneurs

Ernest & Young (EY) Southern Africa Entrepreneurial Winning Women™ Program 2018 for high-potential Female Entrepreneurs