Accelerate Your Business with gBETA St. Thomas
The classroom teaches the foundation. Then we get to work. That’s how it’s always been done in the Schulze School of Entrepreneurship. Now, there’s another tool in our kit to build on the foundation and turn your work into a launch.
Welcome to gBETA St. Thomas. The nationally ranked startup accelerator gener8tor, set up its gBETA programming on the University of St. Thomas St. Paul campus to exclusively serve students and alumni in launching a business. gBETA St. Thomas offers a suite of opportunities to engage with mentors, coaches, investors and the like, for all students and alumni with an idea for a business. It requires no fees and takes no equity.
The free, seven-week gBETA accelerator is for early-stage companies from any industry or business model. It must be founded and led by St. Thomas students or alumni. The director of the program opens doors for participating companies to gain access to a community of entrepreneurs, coaches, formal relationships with at least two mentors, and provides introductions to investors, venture capitalists and technologists.
The gBETA accelerator runs a cohort five teams at a time. Each team must be led by a current St. Thomas student or alumnus and can come from any field of study.