HCJUNCTION

BUSINESS INCUBATOR

Our business incubator program is a unique program that works with select startups to help them launch their business by providing resources, community and microlending programs.

At the moment, our business incubator program is currently administered in English. It is our intent to expand into other languages as soon as possible.

Our business incubator program is developed and offered in partnership with GMTA: Great Minds Think Alike LLC, a business strategy and development firm. Visit www.officialgmta.com to learn more about GMTA. In the meantime, below is an overview of the business incubator program.

STEP 1: MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

This program is for you if:

You or one of the Founders is from an indigenous culture.
Your idea or business is for-profit. Our intent is to promote and encourage self-sustainable organizations that do good.
Your idea or business is values based, socially conscious, and directly or indirectly positively impacts your community or the world.
You believe in your idea and are committed to it.
You are self-motivated.
You believe that businesses and commerce can have a positive impact on the world and local communities.
You are interested in always learning and expanding your knowledge.
You are committed to investing the time and creativity to bring your idea or business to fruition.
Your business/idea observes and respects human rights.
Your business/idea observes and respects gender and ethnic equality.
Your business/idea is committed to honorable labor practices, wages and benefits.

STEP 2: COMMUNITY & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES

This program begins with community -and- turning your idea into a business plan -and- beginning to develop and gather all the pieces that you will need to start servicing clients:

We do this through community gatherings -and- 1:1 business development sessions that provide you the information, tools and feedback you need.
Cost: no cash cost. The cost is your time and effort. We take participation seriously. Which mean, at our discretion, if you are not making this a priority then we may excuse you from the program at any time.
Community: since a significant portion of the program involves community gatherings, you understand that each individual has their own experience and perspective that may be different from yours. So, while this group is for “like intentioned” individuals, that does not always mean everyone is “like minded”.

STEP 3: PROOF OF CONCEPT & ESTABLISHING A SCALABLE FOUNDATION

The last part of the program is supporting you to:

have a viable proof of concept of your product or service that is ready for clients/customers;
establish a proper business foundation for your business to continue to scale and pivot as needed in its early years; and
determine what are the core next steps to getting your business to the next level -and- identifying the resources and dependencies needed.

QUESTIONS?

Fill out the form to send any questions you may have.

THIS IS PERFECT FOR ME. I AM READY TO APPLY.

Fill out the application form to be considered for the program.

Do you: (1) Have a business idea -and- (2) do you meet the minimum requirements for this program?

Values

Review the following values of the program and confirm it is aligned with your values: o Bring a positive social, economic and environmental impact to your customers and communities o Integrity o Kindness o Honorable labor practices, wages and benefits o Respectful o Respectful discussion and communications o Quality services and products o Quality customer service o Accountability o Courage o Intentional o Thoughtfulness o Gender equality o Race/Ethnic equality o Observe and respect Human rights

Code of Conduct

Review the following commitment and code of conduct and confirm you can adhere to it: o Be accountable o Treat others with respect o Demonstrate a passion for your business or profession or business interest o Communicate respectfully o Communicate if you have a problem with something and be a part of the solution o Be solution oriented o Intention and do your best not to argue for your limitations or limiting beliefs o Observe and respect human rights o Harassment in any form because of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, physical ability, physical appearance, ethnicity, race, national origin, age, religion or any other reason is prohibited. o Not to take advantage of the lack of knowledge or inexperience on the part of others for personal gain. o Not to advance private interests at the expense of others. o Respect intellectual property and give credit for other's work. o Never steal or misuse copyrighted, patented material, trade secrets or any other intangible asset. o if you want to advertise to the group you have to notify HCJ first and get approval – we are not trying to be restrictive, rather we want to keep this space for what it is for learning and knowledge sharing and discussion and community so members don’t have to worry about spam – at the same time you may have resources that could be of benefit to other members so we intend to curate that in a reasonable way so all advertisements have to be approved first before posting it in the group. o Participate and/or contribute to the group discussions. We prioritize what is important and it is our intent that we have consistency in the group and of course special circumstances and life happens and we understand that. o Report any violations of the code of conduct *Note this code of conduct may be updated after you join and you will be notified.

Name

First Name

Last Name

Country and Time Zone

Please indicate your country and time zone.

Languages

Current Profession

Provide a brief description about your current profession.

What are your expectations of this program? What are you looking for out of this group?

What stage are you so far in your business development?

Availability to Meet

Share some days and times that work well in the next 1 to 2 weeks that works for you for a meeting. After you submit this form, look out in your inbox or spam folder for an email from us inviting you to a 1:1 meeting with one of our team members to meet you 1:1 virtually to meet you and answer any questions you have. If all is aligned, then you will be invited to join and receive access to the private Signal group.

Confirm that you understand that you can be removed from the program by us at our discretion at any time.