Participating in GiveBackHack not only allows community members to find like-minded individuals of various backgrounds (social impact, technology, business & more) to help execute on ideas, it provides top mentorship and even better: resources and funding.
All resources listed below will be awarded at the conclusion of the GiveBackHack weekend after Sunday evening pitches! The full community is welcome to join in these exciting moments, RSVP for your free Sunday evening ticket.
To be eligible for resources, RSVP for weekend-long participation.
As of today, the following resources have been pulled together for the GiveBackHack Columbus Class of 2018:
Funding Provided To Top Teams:
- $10,000 will be presented to top team(s) by IGS
- $5,000 will be presented to top team(s) by United Way of Central Ohio
- $5,000 will be presented to top team(s) by The Columbus Foundation
note: funding must be used to further beta test your GiveBackHack social innovation
Resources Provided To Top Teams:
- (5) Entry to Rev1 Customer Learning Lab (provides access to >$624,000 in resources & methodology for further innovation vetting) provided by Rev1 Ventures
- (1) On-air radio interview on CD102.5‘s morning show
- (2) Community memberships to Unreal Collective for one year
- (1) Access to three months of co-working space provided by Fintech71
- (3) Access to co-working space provided by PAST Foundation
- (3) Membership to the Women’s Business Center provided by ECDI
- (1) Six months of unlimited design services provided by Pixeljett
- (2) Design consultation (up to two hours) provided by Pixeljett
- (1) Two-month part-time co-working membership provided by Haven Collective
- (2) Admission into the Social Impact Investing Executive Education Program provided by The Wells Foundation
- (1) Product Management consulting and support (up to four hours) provided by Columbus Product Club
- (1) Monthly business legal clinic for 12 months provided by Yocum Law Office
- (1) Booth at VentureSummit and 2 tickets to VentureDinner provided by VentureOhio
Resources Provided To ALL GiveBackHack Teams:
- Opportunity to attend an invite-only panel on funding and investor relations presented by SocialVentures
- Opportunity for post-event mentor connections provided by Rev1 Ventures
- Opportunity for post-event mentor, non-profit and community resource connections provided by United Way of Central Ohio
- Opportunity to apply to the SEA Change social enterprise accelerator
- Access to makerspace courtesy of The Starting Line, hosted by The Innovation Studio
- Access to Bizplan provided by Startups.co
- 1 day pass to co-working space provided by Haven Collective
- 1 class pass provided by Yoga on High
- 1 one-day consulting package provided by Greater Columbus Consulting
- 1 one-hour Product Management consulting session provided by Columbus Product Club
- 1 one-hour consulting session provided by Kwame Christian Law
- 1 one-hour consulting session provided by Yocum Law Office
Inspired?
Get your ticket for GiveBackHack Columbus 2018 and even go the extra step to submit your own social enterprise idea in advance.
A big part of what makes GiveBackHack such a special launchpad for social innovation is the resources our organizing teams and the community work hard to provide to participants of our event. We are so grateful to our community organizers and the sponsors who step up to support their social enterprise ecosystem!
