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WELCOME TO THE WARRIOR RISING PROGRAM!

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

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Demographic Information

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SERVICE INFORMATION

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RELATIONSHIP TO VETERAN

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BUSINESS INFORMATION

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IMPORTANT!
Please review all of the information you have entered for accuracy and completeness. Incorrect or false information may lead to exclusion from the program and/or messaging. Please be aware that you should check your spam (or other folders, including your trash) for messaging since auto-routing rules in your email may divert messages from your inbox. If you need to reach us by email, be sure to include your full email in the body of the email since many auto-messaging services through your mobile device may mask your email address.

VETERAN ONBOARDING INFORMATION AND AGREEMENT

Thank you for contacting Warrior Rising to assist you.  Please scroll to end and review this document in its entirety.Based on available resources at any given time, Warrior Rising strives to accept and assist veterans at any point in the process of starting or accelerating their own business, whether it is only a concept or if they have actual operations.  Please take note:  If you are considering forming a non-profit, be aware that while we will offer assistance in the nature of training and mentoring, there are limitations placed on providing financial assistance in order to avoid conflicts or other concerns with donors having funds directed towards another non-profit.  <h2>Vet Applicant Instructions</h2>Please complete all information in the application and ensure that it is accurate.  If you omit information, in particular, telephone number, or information such as the email address is incorrect, it will prevent us from providing services to you.  Please ensure that you check your inbox and your spam and trash folders for our emails.Please be aware that, at a certain point in our process you may be requested to send a business plan or other information for review as part of next steps.  Our staff and volunteers will maintain as confidential all business information you provide and we do not disseminate to anyone that is not subject to confidentiality obligations (in other words, those outside of our organization) without your permission.  Please note that, because of the number of applications and applicants, we do not execute confidentiality agreements with applicants.  Please do not just cut and paste information into a template online for the sake of submitting information since that will not help advance the process, and in fact, will probably stall it a great deal.Note also that, while we do provide start up or launch grants based merely on your application to us. We seek to ensure that, first, your business model or plan is robust, and like any other funding source, that it is thorough and you have thought through all the key aspects.   Our process will assist you with that.   Please be aware that we are not an emergency financial assistance organization, so we cannot shortcut our processes to provide funding based on personal expectations.If, at any time, you have questions, please email us at <a href="mailto:programming@warriorrising.org" data-mce-href="mailto:programming@warriorrising.org">programming@warriorrising.org</a>.Our ProcessPreliminary:   Application processYou must complete the online application.  All the information is required and cannot be processed unless complete.  Phase 1:  Warrior Academy (instruction)Warrior Academy consists of 40 instructional modules, with references and brief assignments necessary to help develop the concept into a business plan.   Warrior Academy is based on the format of a military Operations Order and is intended to allow the veteran to “translate” his already-existing military skills into equivalent skills needed to stand-up and execute a potentially viable business. Phase 2:  Coaching/MentoringCoaching and mentoring is currently done via virtual live sessions conducted through Zoom and On24. Coaching sessions are held Once per month on the 1st Wednesday of the month.  You will have the opportunity to ask anything about Warrior Academy, VETtoCEO, SDVETP or any other WR program.  In addition, you will have the opportunity to ask administrative questions (not receiving a link, not sure about next step, etc.) as well as course content questions (What is important about Rally points?  I don’t understand Laddering, I don’t understand securities offering exemptions for raising capital).Mentoring sessions are held once per month on the 3rd Wednesday of the month.  There are two components to these sessions:  a Keynote presentation (on a topic of interest) and break out sessions (manned by a WR coach/mentor who is a subject matter expert on various business topics:  operations, marketing, etc.).  This will help you to continue to refine your plan/model.Our mentors have actual significant business experience (in various stages of business) and will answer questions to assist you with:<ul><li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1" data-mce-style="font-weight: 400;">developing a go-to market strategy, </li><li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1" data-mce-style="font-weight: 400;">establishing and collecting analytics necessary for operating their business and attracting investment;</li><li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1" data-mce-style="font-weight: 400;">obtaining outside advisors (legal and accounting)</li><li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1" data-mce-style="font-weight: 400;">determining and developing an optimal financing strategy</li></ul>You can continue to participate in these sessions regardless of where you are in the program (even if you’ve completed all the stages).Stage 3:  VETtoCEO Program (accelerator)Our Veterans Business Accelerator Program is facilitated by successful small business owners who are also are veterans.  During the 9-week program, held in cohorts, 3-4 times annually, we explore the pros and cons associated with three paths to small business ownership - startups, franchising, and buying an existing business.You'll join a group of fellow qualified veterans and Active, Guard, and Reserve military who are either exploring entrepreneurship as a career path choice or already have active small businesses and want to learn more.The program is online and you can attend from anywhere. We provide you with the means to network with your peers, and we bring our partners to the table to share success and failure stories along the way.Stage 4: Funding OpportunitiesWarrior Rising assists with funding through education on capital alternatives,  introduction to potential investors (when available), also through our Veteran Business Showers™ (which are by invitation extened upon completion of all our prior mentioned instructional programs). PLEASE NOTE:  <ul><li aria-level="1">WHILE WARRIOR RISING MAKES NO REPRESENTATION ABOUT OUTCOMES, IT WILL MAKE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO CONNECT VETERANS TO POTENTIALLY INTERESTED INVESTORS OR OTHERWISE PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT. </li></ul><ul><li aria-level="1">THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT WARRIOR RISING, OR ANY SINGLE INVESTOR INTRODUCED BY WARRIOR RISING, WILL PROVIDE ALL THE FUNDING YOU MAY SEEK FOR A GIVEN PROJECT.   YOUR PARTICIPATION IN A WARRIOR RISING EVENT DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT FUNDS DERIVED FROM THAT EVENT WILL BENEFIT YOU DIRECTLY, OR, IF YOU DO BENEFIT, THAT THEY WILL BENEFIT YOU SOLELY.  THE OBJECTIVE OF PARTICIPATION IN OUR PROGRAMS IS TO ATTEMPT TO MAKE YOU SELF-SUSTAINING AND GIVE YOU THE TOOLS TO ACHIEVE THE RESULTS IN BUSINESS YOU ARE SEEKING.  IT IS NOT THE INTENT OR GOAL FOR WR TO MEET ALL YOUR FUNDING OBJECTIVES.</li></ul><ul><li aria-level="1">IF YOU ARE A NON-PROFIT (IRS 501c3) OR CONSIDERING CREATING A NON-PROFIT AS YOUR BUSINESS, PLEASE BE AWARE THAT WE WILL PROVIDE THE FIRST 2 STAGES (INSTRUCTION AND MENTORING) OF ASSISTANCE TO YOU BUT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES WILL EXCLUDE GRANTS FROM US IN MOST CASES TO AVOID THE PERCEPTION OR ACTUAL DIRECTING OF FUNDS AWAY FROM OUR MISSION TO ANOTHER NON-PROFIT.</li></ul>Stage 5:  Warrior CommunityWarrior Rising wants you to always feel like you are part of a community of veteran entrepreneurs.  Even after you have completed all our instructional programs or achieved the desired results through our Mentorship Program, our goal is to provide a venue for participating in events in your local areas.  We need you to, in turn, be supportive of Warrior Rising’s mission. By participating in our programs you are expected to: <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1" data-mce-style="font-weight: 400;">Become a mentor to future veterans who will be facing what you faced in starting your business;</li><li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1" data-mce-style="font-weight: 400;">Participate as a speaker or give presentations sponsored by WR to groups of veterans on topics that are relevant to your experience;</li><li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1" data-mce-style="font-weight: 400;">Positively and productively participate, promote, and assist, to the benefit of WR, and upon the reasonable request of WR, in WR fundraising activities and all outreach efforts (public relations, marketing) and help support WR financially when your business is sustainable.</li></ul>ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:To participate, Veteran must read and sign the below disclaimer and release: The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that the advice and counselling rendered or to be rendered by Warrior Rising, a not for profit charitable organization, is purely on a pro bono/gratis basis and not for compensation. He/She further understands and agrees both individually and on behalf of  any company for which you seek our assistance  and/or related entities (collectively, the “Company”)  that, while Warrior Rising makes reasonable efforts to secure the volunteer counseling of persons with an adequate level of knowledge in the areas in which they are giving advice, they are not being represented and should not be relied upon as experts in a given area of knowledge, subject matter/discipline, or industry. The undersigned understands and agrees that Warrior Rising could not provide the services which the undersigns seeks from Warrior Rising if the organization were to be subject to liability or damages for misinterpretation of advice, omission of advice, untimely advice, inability or unwillingness to follow explicit advice, or for results that cannot be guaranteed by anyone.  You are encouraged and advised to seek your own professional advice before taking action or omitting to take action based on the information Warrior Rising is providing you.  In addition, you agree to comply with all requirements set forth by Warrior Rising.  Therefore, the undersigned, in consideration for the assistance provided by Warrior Rising, and other good and valuable consideration, hereby releases Warrior Rising, its principals, directors, officers, managers, members, employees, parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, mentors, agents, successors, and assigns and each of its and their predecessors and successors in interest, and the present and former representatives and agents of any of the foregoing, and the heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns thereof, in whatever capacity any of them may have acted  from any and all claims, demands, obligations, judgments, actions, causes of action, debts, damages, losses, expenses, costs, attorneys’ fees and liabilities of any kind whatsoever, whether known or unknown, vested or contingent, in law, equity or otherwise, which Releasor ever had or now has against the Warrior Rising Parties, whether or not matured, inchoate, fixed, contingent, secured, or based in law or equity.In addition, I, individually and on behalf of Company and/or related entities, understand that marketing, public relations, and social media strategy is important to attract donors and investors. As such, I irrevocably grant Warrior Rising permission to use my first and last name and Company name in any and all of its publications, including web site entries, without further notice, payment, or other consideration.  I further irrevocably grant Warrior Rising permission to use my story (and that of my company) and/or its likeness, whether verbally or in writing (whether online or otherwise in print), as well as any photographs I provide them or that are taken of me or that in any way reference or include my business images, marks, or logos at any Warrior Rising events or those sponsored by Warrior Rising or otherwise wherein the public is present, as well as my business/company logos and marks themselves (hereinafter all of the foregoing shall be referred to as “Materials” and, when optionally combined with my name, as “Information”) in any and all of its publications, including web site entries, without notice, payment, or other consideration.  I irrevocably authorize Warrior Rising and/or its agents to edit, alter, copy, exhibit, publish, republish, distribute, redistribute, or otherwise use the Materials for purposes of publicizing Warrior Rising’s efforts or for any other lawful purpose. Individually and on behalf of my Company, I hold harmless Warrior Rising from any claims, demand, and causes of action which I, my agents, heirs, representatives, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, or any other persons acting on my behalf or on behalf of my estate have or may have by reason of this authorization or the use of the Information.Lastly, I agree that any dispute that may arise must be resolved amicably and I will not disparage Warrior Rising for any reason.I certify by my signature that I am 18 year of age and am competent to contract in my own name.

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