Accelerator Program Now Looking for 40 Startups
Santa Clara University Accelerator and Mentor Program Accepting Applications Through July 31 Franci Gire, owner of Franci Cakes , is an alumna of the California Program for Entrepreneurship at SCU's Leavey School of Business (courtesy of Santa Clara University) Attention Start-ups and Entrepreneurs! Applications are now being accepted through July 31 for the seventh session of Santa Clara University's California Program for Entrepreneurship (CAPE) –a program for California businesses that is part startup accelerator, part entrepreneur incubator, and part mini-MBA bootcamp. Unlike most entrepreneurship programs, CAPE is a seven week(over six months), free, and the program takes no equity interest in the businesses it helps to launch. “Small businesses are the lifeblood of our economy,” said Daniel Aguiar, executive director of Santa Clara University’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at S anta Clara University’s Leavey School of Business , whic...