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The Global Center of Cultural Entrepreneurship (GCCE) is excited to announce the launch of their newest initiative: Creative-Startups, the first startup accelerator in the US designed by and for creative entrepreneurs. Creative and cultural entrepreneurs, with backgrounds in music, education, film, cuisine, photography, art, design, and other creative fields have powerful business ideas and can build successful businesses.

Investing in the Success of Creative Entrepreneurs
Participating creative entrepreneurs will receive an array of benefits including:

• VIRTUAL ACCELERATOR: An intensive entrepreneurship course designed for creatives;
• 5 DAY DEEP DIVE: The nation's largest gathering of creative industry investors, mentors, and creatives;
• PITCH DAY: The opportunity to compete for a pool of $50,000 in seed investment;
• DEMO DAY: Pitch the creative community on your new veture and gain momentum and marketing cache; and
• 6 months of Mentoring for Top Finalists

The culmination of the accelerator takes place October 20 -25 when participating startups, Mentors, and investors gather in Albuquerque, New Mexico for a “5 Day Deep Dive”.

Applications are now open!
To apply, visit the Application page on the Creative-Startups website.

The work to build Creative-Startups has been in development for over a year and we are especially grateful to several people and organizations who have jumped in to make this happen: New Mexico EPSCoR, Fleischaker Women Legacy Fund, Hyatt Regency of Albuquerque, dsire Design, and Submittable.