Z Fellows

Rolling applications

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Fellowship for young ambitious founders. Investment plus community and mentorship. Good for early founders who want structure and a peer group.

Tier

Tier F

Application questions 25

01

Email
02

First Name
03

Last Name
04

Company or project name
05

Birthday
06

Phone Number
07

Are you technical?

Required. Options: Yes; No; Other (with free-text response).
08

Have you previously applied to Z Fellows?

Required. Yes/No.
09

Where are you based?
10

Are you in school or working? Or both? Where at?
11 · 500 chars

What is the project that you are currently working on or would like to pursue? Why? (Max: 500 characters - about 100 words)
12 · 500 chars

What problem are you solving? (Max: 500 characters - about 100 words)
13 · 500 chars

What expertise do you have to execute on the work that you want to do? (Max: 500 characters - about 100 words)
14 · 500 chars

Who are your competitors and what do you understand about your idea that they don't? (Max: 500 characters - about 100 words)
15 · 500 chars

What have you worked on in the past? (Max: 500 characters - about 100 words)
16 · 250 chars

What's the nerdiest thing about you? (Max: 250 characters - about 50 words)
17 · 250 chars

What drives you? (Max: 250 characters - about 50 words)
18

What non-traditional things were you doing growing up?
19 · 500 chars

Tell us about a risk youʼve taken or a challenge you've faced. Tell us whether you failed or succeeded, how you behaved, and how you think this reflects your character. (Max: 500 characters - about 100 words)
20

Personal and/or Project Website and/or Links about you
21

Please list or describe any achievements and prizes.
22

Please include a 1 minute video of yourself with a short introduction on your background, something impressive about yourself (i.e. brag :)), and what project you're working on today. (Optional)

We're excited to meet you - please use this time to talk about yourselves and do not show a demo of your product. If possible, it's great to include all founders on the video. A link to a YouTube video works best.
23

Who would you co-found a company with if you could pick anyone in your network? In other words, who is someone un-recruitable you would want to hire regardless?

Do not put the current person you are working with (if you happen to already have a co-founder)
24

How did you hear about Z Fellows?
25 · 500 chars

Optional: What's 1 thing you need help with? (Max: 500 characters - about 100 words)

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