Artist opportunity - 2025 WIM Canada Entrepreneur Accelerator Program
Deadline: July 31, 2025
Applications are now open for the 2025 Entrepreneur Accelerator!
Women in Music is launching the sixth annual Entrepreneur Accelerator program, focused on supporting the next wave of women and gender- diverse Canadian music industry leaders. This year's intake will accept a 30-participant cohort to learn together and build an entrepreneurial community. The program is open to early career, or transitioning career industry entrepreneurs and artist entrepreneurs. Each participant will be paired with two professional mentors throughout the program, matched based on the participant's individual goals and intentions for the program.
The 2025 Entrepreneur Accelerator including the mentorship program will run online from October 07th through November 18th. Sessions will run from 7:00 PM through 9:00 PM ET (4:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT) Tuesday and Thursday, weekly. Mentorship sessions will run as per specific arranged times by participants.
Sessions included in the overall program include the following, all from a female and gender-diverse entrepreneur lens:
- Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship
- Lean Business Canvas
- Brand Building Workshop (Industry Stream)
- Marketing and Sales Fundamentals (Industry Stream)
- Leadership Fundamentals (Industry Stream)
- Financial Literacy and Taxes
- Legal Fundamentals
- Fundraising and Grant Writing
- Pitching (Industry Stream)
- Revenue Streams in Music (Artist Stream)
- Discoverability (Artist Stream)
- Building a team (Project Management) (Artist Stream)
- Sync and Publishing (Artist Stream)
Learn more and apply here - https://www.womeninmusic.ca/en/programs/entrepreneur-accelerator
