Skip to form
Primary_DkGray-Orange-1

Cohort Application

Applications due March 5th
Application Status Email by March 12th

Contact Information

In person attendance*
The BETA Cohort consists of weekly programming/training on Wednesdays from 10am-4/5pm(w/breaks), March 26th - June 11th. These interactive sessions and workshops will be primarily held in person at the Twin Ignition Keg House in Northeast Minneapolis. Please confirm that you will be able to attend at least 80% of these sessions in person.

Company Profile

This information will help us get a basic understanding of your business, including what you do and where you are in the startup lifecycle.

Please provide a 3-4 sentence description about your company including who you are and what you do.
Please clearly describe the problem your startup aims to solve.
Example: 2024
Where is your company located?*
Is your founding team working full time on this company?*
Are you building a scalable, tech-enabled product or service as a part of this business?*
Do you consider your company to be a Social Business Venture?*
How do you define the current stage of your company?*
Do you have paying clients/customers?*
Do not include contractors who are working fewer than 30 hours per week in this number.
Are you generating income? If yes, please let us know how much. If you're tracking this annually, just divide by 12 (or by the number of months you've been in business for anyone less than one year old).
Are you planning to work out of the BETA/Space during the BETA cohort?*
BETA currently offers access to the Twin Ignition Keg House in Minneapolis. Selected startups will be invited to work with each other in our space for up to five months at no cost to the startup. It's pretty awesome :)
My team is available to demo our product at the next BETA Showcase event on May 7th. *
Joining the next BETA cohort is a commitment to entering into a 5-month program that includes Showcasing, access to free co-working space, and introductions to customers, investors, mentors, and more. Knowing this, how can we help you most?

On a scale of 1 to 10, how capable do you currently feel about the following:

Founder Information

This helps us understand who we will be inviting into our programming. Please answer to the best of your ability.

Please answer the questions below for everyone on your founding team. You must have at least 10% equity in the startup to be considered a founder by BETA. Only founders can come to interviews, if invited, or attend cohort curriculum if accepted.

Why we ask for personal emails:

Long after you've sold your company, we'd like to have a way to keep you in the loop on other BETA activities. It's a community here, and we want to keep you a part of it.

Is there anyone on your founding team that identifies with any of the following descriptions?*
(Select all that apply)
How many founders are currently working in your startup?*
I agree to allow The Beta Group (DBA BETA) to use this information in aggregate for the purposes of promoting the growth of the Twin Cities startup community.*