{"id":3025,"date":"2018-11-28T09:32:10","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T14:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/?p=3025"},"modified":"2018-11-28T09:32:10","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T14:32:10","slug":"apple-entrepreneur-camp-app-development-program-launches-to-support-women-entrepreneurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/apple-entrepreneur-camp-app-development-program-launches-to-support-women-entrepreneurs\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Entrepreneur Camp: App development program launches to support women entrepreneurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3028\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3028\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3028\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/01-A-Apple-announces-entrepreneur-camp-program-to-empower-women-11262018.jpg\" alt=\"Apple Entrepreneur Camp sessions will be held once a quarter, with each cohort comprising participants from 20 companies.\" width=\"520\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/01-A-Apple-announces-entrepreneur-camp-program-to-empower-women-11262018.jpg 520w, https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/01-A-Apple-announces-entrepreneur-camp-program-to-empower-women-11262018-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/01-A-Apple-announces-entrepreneur-camp-program-to-empower-women-11262018-435x251.jpg 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3028\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apple\u2019s new program aims to help women-led businesses leverage technology to make a meaningful impact for their customers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On November 26, Apple Inc. announced the launch of the company\u2019s all-new Entrepreneur Camp, a first-of-its-kind initiative designed to create new opportunities for app-driven businesses owned or led by women through an intensive technology lab, specialized support and ongoing mentoring.<\/p>\n<p>To be eligible for the program, applying app-driven businesses\u00a0must be female-founded, co-founded or led and have at least one woman on the development team \u2014 as well as a working app or prototype and desire to leverage Apple technologies to benefit their mission. The program\u2019s pilot session, beginning in January 2019, is now\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/entrepreneur-camp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accepting applications<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3026\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3026\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/02-A-Apple-announces-entrepreneur-camp-program-to-empower-women-on-computer-11262018.jpg\" alt=\"New Apple Entrepreneur Camp Offers Immersive Technology Lab and More for Female App Developers who are Founders and Entrepreneurs\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/02-A-Apple-announces-entrepreneur-camp-program-to-empower-women-on-computer-11262018.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/02-A-Apple-announces-entrepreneur-camp-program-to-empower-women-on-computer-11262018-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/02-A-Apple-announces-entrepreneur-camp-program-to-empower-women-on-computer-11262018-435x289.jpg 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3026\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">As part of the program, cohorts will travel to Apple\u2019s campus in Cupertino for two weeks of hands-on training and programming.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cApple is committed to helping more women assume leadership roles across the tech sector and beyond,\u201d said Tim Cook, Apple\u2019s CEO. \u201cWe\u2019re proud to help cultivate female leadership in the app development community with the new Apple Entrepreneur Camp, and we\u2019re inspired both by the incredible work that\u2019s already happening, and what\u2019s sure to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a program that matters,\u201d said Gina Bianchini, investor and founder and CEO of Mighty Networks. \u201cThe new Entrepreneur Camp says Apple wants to invest its expertise in a different, richer, more diverse range of app developers and product experts in a meaningful way, and that is a big deal for the industry.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Entrepreneur Camp will hold sessions on a quarterly basis, with a cohort of 20 app companies accepted for each round. The pilot session will include 10 companies.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3027\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3027\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3027\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/03-A-Apple-announces-entrepreneur-camp-program-to-empower-women-presentation-11262018.jpg\" alt=\"New Apple Entrepreneur Camp Offers Immersive Technology Lab and More for Female App Developers who are Founders and Entrepreneurs\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/03-A-Apple-announces-entrepreneur-camp-program-to-empower-women-presentation-11262018.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/03-A-Apple-announces-entrepreneur-camp-program-to-empower-women-presentation-11262018-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/03-A-Apple-announces-entrepreneur-camp-program-to-empower-women-presentation-11262018-435x289.jpg 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3027\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apple Entrepreneur Camp sessions will be held once a quarter, with each cohort comprising participants from 20 companies.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Once accepted, each company will have the opportunity to send three attendees to Cupertino, California for a two-week immersive program at Apple\u2019s campus, including one-on-one code-level assistance with Apple engineers, sessions on design, technology and App Store marketing, as well as ongoing guidance and support from an Apple Developer representative. Each participating company will also receive two tickets to the following year&#8217;s WWDC.<\/p>\n<p>Female entrepreneurs continue to face challenges obtaining funding, training and support in the VC landscape \u2014 receiving $1.9 billion in funding in 2017 compared to $83.1 billion for men. Despite such obstacles, women-owned businesses are growing more than two times faster than the US national average, with women-led tech startups delivering a 35 percent higher return on investment than tech startups led by men.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Apple Entrepreneur Camp or to apply, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/entrepreneur-camp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">developer.apple.com\/entrepeneur-camp<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(Article source and all Images:\u00a0 Apple Newsroom)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"4 Things to Know For November 27:  News that Entrepreneurs Can Use\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gVaBlI1FhvI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>~ Written by:<\/em>\u00a0<em>Richard Webster, Ace News Today\u00a0 \u00a0\/\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0Connect with Richard on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/richard.webster.31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Facebook<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rdwebster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Twitter<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 26, Apple Inc. announced the launch of the company\u2019s all-new Entrepreneur Camp, a first-of-its-kind initiative designed to create new opportunities for app-driven businesses owned or led by women [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35,1575,547,40,1538,11],"tags":[1915,1919,133,1916,1917,1918,1920,1167],"class_list":["post-3025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-employment","category-events","category-lifestyle","category-technology","category-top-news","tag-apple-inc","tag-apps","tag-business","tag-entrepreneur-camp","tag-entrepreneur-camp-for-women","tag-girl-power","tag-mentoring","tag-technology","clearfix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3025"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3029,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3025\/revisions\/3029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}