Women Entrepreneurs of Paraguay
Transform Your Business Venture
Into a Sustainable Enterprise
Fully Funded Series of Virtual Workshops
For Early Stage Women Entrepreneurs
The Women Entrepreneurs of Paraguay (WEP) program is a series of boot camps to support ambitious and innovative women entrepreneurs from Paraguay by enabling them to transform their business ideas into a sustainable enterprise. The Program will enhance the entrepreneurial and managerial skills of women leading early-stage ventures.
The Training Program consists of a series of one-day virtual workshops organized for three different regions in Paraguay. Twenty women entrepreneurs will be selected from each of these regions for these one-day workshops.
After the one-day workshops, 30 entrepreneurs will be selected to attend an advanced two-day virtual workshop where they will undergo in-depth advanced business training and mentoring from our international experts.
The WEP program is being conducted by ACIR in partnership with the U.S. Embassy in Paraguay, and KOGA.
About The Program
Encarnación
October 20th
Ciudad del Este
October 15th
Asunción
October 13th
Fully sponsored by the U.S. Embassy
Build a strong local network
Foster Collaborations
Get mentored by top women entrepreneurs
Peer to Peer Learning
Prepare to grow your business
Program Benefits
Process
Process
The Program provides business knowledge for entrepreneurs to build sustainable businesses through a one-day virtual workshop.
Entrepreneurs who are invited to the advanced two-day virtual workshop will undergo more in-depth, advanced business training.
All participants will get access to an on-going local peer-to-peer support network, as well as access to opportunities through the KOGA network across Paraguay
Eligibility Criteria
Only women entrepreneurs are eligible to apply
Applicant should be the founder or
co-founder of the venture
Applicants must be over 18 years of age
Applicants must be from Paraguay
Participants must have a working knowledge of English as all classes will be in English.
Selection Criteria
Startup applicants for the one-day workshops will be selected using the following criteria
Startups past the idea stage with a proof-of-concept (POC) are preferred
Relevance of the problem in the region
A startup must be less than 10 years old
The startups must have a woman founder/co-founder leading the startup
The following criteria will be used to select startups for the advanced two day workshop
Be innovative. The startups must have some kind of an innovative process or products that they are introducing to the market.
Registered or plan to register in Paraguay
Should be comfortable with both spoken/written English
Preference will be given to those start-ups with the potential to grow outside of Paraguay.
Have intellectual property rights protected or have a plan for their protection.