BREAKTHROUGH PROGRAMMING
Our unique programs help women founders develop the mindset and resilience to have the best possible chance at scaling their ideas. Our work can be accessed anywhere around the globe, and is a perfect complement to most startup programs.
WE TRANSFORM THE FOUNDER CONVERSATION.
Our programming is a perfect overlay for the conversations women founders have during their time with you. While they focus with you on MVP and building the product, we dig deep and work on their mindset. We’ve spent a decade traveling the globe developing our breakthrough methodology, which gives women founders a much
better shot at success as they scale. And when they’ve completed our program, our global community ensures they are supported along the way by their peers and powerful mentors. Since 2019, we’ve delivered programming to women founders in 20 countries on 5 continents.
CHOOSE YOUR COLLABORATION PATH:
INCUBATORS & ACCELERATORS
Our modular curriculum can be run concurrent to founders’ time in your program, or as a precursor to starting with you (recommended). It is specifically designed for women founders to build their confidence, self-advocacy, leadership, and agility to manage the gauntlet ahead.
Through a series of 6 modules that can be tailored to your program’s timeframe, our core curriculum creates a solid foundation for them to build out thoughtfully and with an eye to the long-term success of their company. Our global community offers continued support so they can share their concerns and challenges in a safe, confidential environment.
Our program is available both virtually and in person (see case studies below for details).
STARTUP & WOMEN'S CONFERENCES
IMPERIA founder Jennifer Iannolo is a global keynote speaker, and a featured expert in women’s entrepreneurship for the U.S. Department of State. She has also given talks at the United Nations, Harvard University, and for corporations including Mastercard (Greece), EY (Finland), and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (UAE).
With her signature NYC moxie and humor, decades of personal experience as an entrepreneur, and expertise in coaching startups to success, Jennifer conveys a potent message of what is possible for women founders when their internal and external barriers are removed.
STARTUP COMMUNITIES
For your founder community, we offer programming focused specifically on women founders and the unique challenges they face as they build and raise. We’ve crafted a variety of ways to interact based on the needs of a given community, so past partners and activities have included:
- ONE Tech Hub (UK): Entrepreneur in Residence with office hours for 1:1 coaching
- Impact Hub (Athens, Greece): Keynote
- t-hub (Hyderabad, India): Lunch & Learn, Pitch Workshop
- 1776 (NYC): Workshop
- Industrious (NYC): Lunch & Learn
TESTIMONIALS
CASE STUDIES
OPPORTUNITY NORTH EAST: UNITED KINGDOM
In-person cohort across 5 accelerators
In summer 2022, we created an in-person summer cohort with 15 women founders across 4 of Opportunity North East’s accelerators in Aberdeen, UK: Digital Tech, Energy, Agriculture, and Life Sciences. The cohort was run via a series of intensive full-day workshops over 3 months.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Women founders from disparate sectors were able to build a community of support and peer feedback
- Communications with investors, team members, and co-founders were re-framed to be effective
- Founders learned to prioritize their self-care and set critical boundaries to ensure the wellbeing of themselves and their companies
- 50% have continued with us in an ongoing coaching program throughout 2023
IMPERIA COHORT 1: GLOBAL
Virtual cohort across 16 countries
Our first global cohort was announced at the United Nations in 2019, and comprised 28 women from 16 countries on 5 continents. Applicants were asked if they had an idea that could impact at least 100 people, and the entire cohort was conducted virtually over the course of a year. The U.S. Department of State then asked our participants from the South Asia region to provide insights on entrepreneurial development that could help to frame U.S. policy.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Participants reported a significant increase in confidence, accountability, and self-care
- 2 participants achieved exits or acquisitions
- 25% of participants have achieved significant recognition for their work, including an Obama Fellowship and PhD candidacy at the University of Cambridge
