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Startup Fellows Application
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Full Name
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First
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Email
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Phone
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School/University Name
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Graduation Year
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2025
2026
2027
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Major / Academic Focus
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LinkedIn URL
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Link to PDF of Resume
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Link to Personal Website, Portfolio, or GitHub (optional)
How did you hear about the program?
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Word of mouth (friend, classmate, peer)
Social media (Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, etc.)
Professor or university staff
University event or info session
StartupCincy or Cintrifuse event
Referred by a founder or startup
Referred by a previous Fellow
Email newsletter
Career center or job board
Other (please specify)
If other, please describe:
Fellow Track Selection
Please select which track(s) that you'd like to be considered for and the application questions will adjust accordingly.
I am applying to be a:
Startup Fellow: Work with a Cincinnati startup
Builder Fellow: Build your own startup
Both
Startup Fellow Application
What past experiences have prepared you to work in a fast-paced early-stage startup?
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Tell us about something you built, improved, or shipped recently?
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Explain a startup or emerging tech trend you’re excited about and why it matters.
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Walk us through the last time you used AI to make something easier or better.
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Pick a startup you admire. What would you improve if you were on the team?
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Which areas are you most excited to explore this summer?
Marketing
Growth and Sales
Product
Design
Engineering
Operations
AI Automation
Community and Ecosystem
Which marketing skills do you feel confident in?
Social media execution
Brand writing and storytelling
Paid ads and performance
Email and lifecycle marketing
Community building
Marketing automation
HubSpot and CRM workflows
Which growth and sales skills do you feel confident in?
Outbound
Discovery interviews
Partnerships
CRM pipeline management
Customer success basics
Which product skills do you feel confident in?
Product research
Writing PRDs
User interviews
Usability testing
Wireframing
Which design skills do you feel confident in?
UX research
Wireframing
UI design
Figma
Design systems
Which engineering skills do you feel confident in?
Frontend
Backend
Full-stack
API work
Git and GitHub
Software debugging
No-code engineering
What languages or frameworks are you confident in?
Which operations skills do you feel confident in?
Process building
Project management
Research and analysis
Basic finance and spreadsheets
Customer ops
Which AI skills do you feel confident in?
Using AI to automate workflows
Prompt engineering
Building Zapier and Airtable automations
Using AI coding assistants
Using AI for research and synthesis
Which community skills do you feel confident in?
Event support
Community engagement
Content creation
Ambassador program support
User onboarding and community ops
Are you available full-time May–August?
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Yes
No
If selected, will you be living in (or able to relocate to) the Greater Cincinnati area or a commutable distance for the duration of the program?
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Yes, I currently live in the Cincinnati/NKY area
Yes, I can relocate for the summer
Yes, I can commute reliably
No
Other
Anything else you want us to know?
Builder Fellow Application
Describe what your company does.
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Company (or idea) Name
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Company URL (optional)
What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.
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How far along are you? (Explain current progress — ideas, prototypes, user interviews, MVP, etc.)
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What tech stack are you using or planning to use? (Include any AI models, AI tooling, no-code tools, etc.)
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Are people using your product?
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No
Tell us about your users.
When will you have a version people can use?
Do you have revenue?
Yes
No
If so, how much? (Approximate ranges are fine.)
Why did you pick this idea to work on?
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Do you have domain expertise in this area? (Experience, lived problem, academic background, etc.)
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How do you know people need what you're making? (User research, lived pain, signals, etc.)
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Do you have a co-founder?
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Yes
No
No, but open to finding one through the program or otherwise
Please list your co-founder's name, email, and LinkedIn URL.
What skills do you bring to the table?
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Product
Engineering
No-code development
AI / automation
UX/UI design
Marketing / growth
Sales
Business ops
Research
Community-building
Anything else you want us to know?
Track Preference Ranking
Please select your first track preference:
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Startup Fellow: Working inside a startup
Builder Fellow: Building your own startup
