Episode Details

High Impact Professionals (HIP) is launching a brand new Entrepreneurship Track inside our Impact Accelerator Program (IAP). It's built specifically for experienced professionals who are considering starting their own high-impact organization, whether that means founding a high-impact non-profit or for-profit organization, or starting a Founding to Give company.

Applications for the next IAP round are now open until Sunday, June 7. To apply for the Entrepreneurship Track, simply select the Entrepreneurship option within the main IAP application.

Why We're Launching The Entrepreneurship Track

We’ve now run eight rounds of the IAP, and one pattern has stood out: some of the biggest impact came from participants starting their own organizations.

To date, IAP alumni have:

• Founded 16 new charities, 9 independently and 7 after subsequently going through incubators, including Ambitious Impact's Charity Entrepreneurship & Founding to Give, Sheldon Labs, and more. This includes:
  • 8 direct impact non-profit organizations
  • 3 direct impact for-profit organizations
  • 7 Founding to Give organizations
• An additional three have been accepted into Charity Entrepreneurship scheduled to start later this year
• Organizations cover a wide variety of cause areas: AI Safety, Global Health, Animal Welfare, Alternative Proteins, and Meta/Comms

It's clear that entrepreneurship [...]

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Outline:

(00:53) Why We're Launching The Entrepreneurship Track

(02:18) Program Overview

(03:10) How Does This Differ From Other Entrepreneurial Programs?

(03:38) Who Should Apply to the Entrepreneurship Track

(04:57) Important Dates

(05:33) Know Someone Who Should Apply?

(05:59) Questions?

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First published:
May 20th, 2026

Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/8mmxH5yoGykC5dW7e/announcing-the-iap-entrepreneurship-track-a-new-path-for

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