EXPLORE YOUR WILD SIDE FROM THE MIDDLE EAST

Apply to our Summer 2023 Accelerator Program

Yearly Program Timeline

​Summer Program

​May: Applications Period

June: Application Review

July: Ramp Up 

August: Start of the Summer Program

September: Onsite on our Partner Farms

October: End of Summer Program
​Fall Program

July: Applications Period

August: Application Review

September: Ramp Up 

October: Start of Fall Program

November: Onsite on our Partner Farms

December: End of Fall Program


Haneen Ershaidat​

Head of The Ibda3 Program

​Haneen is an experienced program manager with over 10 years of experience in managing and coordinating various economic development programs supporting startups, MSMEs, and Home-based businesses with leading entities such as EU (Edu Syria), MOH, USAID LENs, UNDP, & The ILO-IFC Better Work Jordan program. Currently, Haneen holds the position of Innovation and Start-up Acceleration Program Manager with a focus on the Cultural and Creative Works Accelerator – IBDA3 where she manages the day-to-day activities of finding and recruiting qualified startups, conducting outreach and awareness raising activities, managing the network of trainers, mentors, and experts, managing the acceleration program activities among other responsibilities. In addition, Haneen holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration.​

​Our focus is on accelerating Growth, & this is how we do it ..

Ibda3 is seeking scalable projects in the creative industries like music, film, interactive leisure software (video games), television and radio, performing arts, publishing, and design, and education.

​Creatives are creators who strive to mirror their emotions and thoughts through their work.​

The Ideal Founder Team

​We are looking for the crazy ones, the misfits, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes, the ones who see things differently.

We want to glorify you because together we can change things. We want to see the genius in you.
Leadership
​You  think that they can change the world, and you know you can.

Thinking & Problem Solving
There is a commercial model that will take you somewhere
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​Team & Technical Mastery
The team brings intellectual thinking, technical mastery, and business all together

Our Phases

APPLY
​This phase includes awareness workshops and activities on technologies and innovation that are related to the creative industries, present the offering of Ibda3, the selection criteria and introduce them to the creative industries ecosystem, all activities aim to attract the startups to submit an application to join the program.

PROVE
​During this phase we implement a validation process for at least 40 teams that aims to prove the capacity of the applicants, give them time to validate and present their solution in front of a selection committee, the process will include connecting the teams to interact with experts from the industry, conduct business focused sessions on business model canvas, product development, MVP and presentation skills.

BUILD
​The program is designed to enable the startups to validate their Solution & Develop a solid business model, the program include group workshops and one to one coaching sessions, each startup will go through Business needs assessment that will determine the intervention road map. The program covers topics like: Reshaping Business Model, Marketing and Digital Marketing, Finance, Team building, Management, Leadership, Operation, Project Management and Business Plan Development. The outcome of these activities, workshops and one to one sessions ia a solid investment pitch deck, a validated business model, and a robust business plan. This program will include the mentorship and coaching sessions and also the assignment of the product validation partner if needed.

GROW
​Startups by this stage will have developed a clear growth strategy, final pitch deck with a clear ask, identified potential funding and investment resources, practiced and mastered investment pitching. 

Founders we worked with