Do You Fellowship 2025

Disrupting structural inequity in the entrepreneurial ecosystem and investment landscape

Business Accelerator Program for Growth-Stage Founders.

The Do You Fellowship is a high-impact business growth accelerator program designed for entrepreneurs who are scaling fast and aiming high. Built for growth-stage founders, this immersive experience combines advanced business education, strategic mentorship, and a powerful peer community to help participants reach—or surpass—the $1 million milestone in revenue and/or funding.

Program Goal:

To equip founders with the leadership acumen, operational excellence, fundraising readiness, and ability to build influential partnerships necessary to scale their businesses successfully and sustainably.

To qualify as a Do You Fellow, candidates must meet the following criteria:

- Be 18 years of age or older.
- Have a business registered in a U.S. state or territory and actively operating for at least one year.
- Have a for-profit business.
- Be in the post-revenue stage, with a minimum annual revenue of $250,000, or have raised at least $150,000 in funding.
- Be the majority owner (at least 51%) of the business.
- Have a tech-based business or innovatively incorporate technology into its business model, products, or services.
- Be poised for growth and actively seeking investment to scale.
- Founders are required to share how and in what way inclusion in this program will disrupt inequities in the entrepreneurial ecosystem or investment landscape in which they operate or in which digitalundivided operates.

Program Offerings
By joining the Do You Fellowship, founders will gain exclusive access to a suite of resources and experiences designed to accelerate business growth:

- Business training sessions led by industry leaders and best-in-class organizations. These sessions will cover advanced business strategies, including operational excellence, leadership development, and fundraising tactics.
- Mentorship from business leaders through Office Hours, providing personalized guidance on specific business challenges such as scaling operations, developing market strategies, and securing investment.
- Access to curated tools and resources tailored to growth-stage founders, from financial modeling templates to investor-ready pitch decks, designed to support scaling efforts.
- Preparation for securing capital, including fundraising strategies, pitching, and investor relations.
- A community of like-minded entrepreneurs who are scaling rapidly, offering opportunities to collaborate, share experiences, and form partnerships with others facing similar growth challenges.
- An in-person Pitch Day at the conclusion of the program. Participants will showcase their business progress and present to a curated group of investors and industry leaders, receiving personalized feedback for improvement.
- Ongoing post-program support: Continued access to digitalundivided’s network and resources post-program, ensuring sustainable growth.

Key Dates:

Application phase: June 3 - July 20, 2025
Selection of Finalists: July 21 - Aug 22, 2025
Onboarding of participants: Aug 25 - 29, 2025
In-Program Phase: Sept 1 - Oct 10, 2025
In-person Pitch Competition - Week of November 10
Time commitment: 1.5 hours per session on Monday and Wednesday

*All live sessions are virtual
** Dates are subject to change