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PEP for Non-Profit Startup
Accelerator Program
PEP for Non-Profit Startup supports organizations aiming to achieve significant impact in the non-profit sector.
About PEP for Non-Profit Startup
PEP focuses on Non-Profit Startups (NPS) that achieve significant social impact in a short period within the non-profit sector.
Non-Profit Startups are organizations that aim for rapid growth based on social impact rather than the business evaluation metric of profit, by utilizing technology and policy. Examples of such Non-Profit Startups include:
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80,000 hours: A non-profit organization providing job support and career matching services with an emphasis on the social impact of employment. They achieve expanded social impact by providing web-based services (technology utilization).
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B Lab's B Corp Certification System: A system where the U.S. non-profit organization B Lab assesses and issues B Corp certification to for-profit companies with high public benefit. In parallel with operating this system, they also work on policy advocacy, and many states in the U.S. have legalized Benefit Corporations (for-profit companies that pursue social objectives in addition to business income) as a new corporate entity.
(For more details, please refer to this article by PEP Director Umada.)
We are currently recruiting participants for an accelerator program aimed at those who wish to engage in activities as a Non-Profit Startup.
The application deadline was 23:59 (Japan time) on Thursday, February 6th.
Accelerator Program Overview
This accelerator program will teach participants startup methodologies (such as problem discovery, hypothesis validation, and team building) and methods for scaling impact using technology and policy, to achieve significant social impact in a short period.
The program schedule and content are as follows:
*Contents are subject to change.
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Session 1 |
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| Session 2 3/6 (Thu) 18:00-20:00 |
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| Session 3 3/13 (Thu) 18:00-20:00 |
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| Session 4 3/27 (Thu) 18:00-20:00 |
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| Session 5 4/3 (Thu) 18:00-20:00 |
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| Session 6 4/10 (Thu) 18:00-20:00 |
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Session 7 |
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| Session 8 4/24 (Thu) 18:00-20:00 |
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| Session 9 5/1 (Thu) 18:00-20:00 |
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| Session 10 5/8 (Thu) 18:00-20:00 |
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Session 11 |
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| Session 12 5/23 (Fri) 18:00-20:00 |
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In addition to the above program, we also plan to hold a guest lecture (online, participation is optional) by a U.S. social entrepreneur.
Organizations Supporting PEP for Non-Profit Startup
This program is operated with support from the United States-Japan Foundation (a U.S.-based 501(c)(3) organization).
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Staff in charge of this program
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Takaaki Umada
PEP Director
UMADA Takaaki is Director of FoundX, The University of Tokyo, Japan, where he has engaged himself in supporting startups and educating on entrepreneurship since 2019. Prior to that, he worked for Microsoft Japan and Hongo Tech Garage at The University of Tokyo. He graduated from University of Toronto.