Elevate Female Founders Program
A high-touch accelerator for established founders ready to move from traction to sustainable scale. This 10-month journey delivers the advanced strategy and 1:1 advisory needed for your next phase of significant growth.
Applications for the 2025 cohort open soon.
You’ve built it. But now, you are the bottleneck.
You’ve successfully navigated the uncertainty of the early stages. You have customers, you have revenue, and you’ve proven your model through sheer grit and a deep connection to your market. But the very skills that got you here are now holding you back.
You’re caught in a paradox: the business can’t grow without you, but you’re so deep in the daily operations there’s no time to work on the strategic growth. You’re facing a new set of challenges that hustle alone can’t solve:
Navigating Growth: Managing business expansion requires strong leadership skills and the ability to adapt strategies quickly.
Access to Capital: Securing funding remains a significant barrier for female founders.
Getting Unstuck: Finding the motivation, direction and focus can be hard and you end up spinning your wheels.
Work-Life Balance: Balancing the demands of a growing business with personal life can be a constant juggle.
Building Systems for Growth: A surge in customers and revenue requires developing robust systems.
Self-Doubt and Confidence Gaps: Doubting your abilities and feeling like a “fraud” can be a persistent challenge.
This is the crucial gap we help you bridge. This program isn’t for getting your first customer; it’s for building the engine to serve your next thousand.
The bridge from founder-led hustle to CEO-led growth.
The Elevate Growth Accelerator is a 10-month, intensive program purpose-built to equip ambitious female founders with the strategy, systems, and mindset to build highly profitable and impactful businesses.
We partner with you to install a permanent growth engine in your business. You will emerge with:
- A personalised strategic growth roadmap with absolute clarity on your milestones.
- A fully implemented company scorecard to track what matters and make data-driven decisions.
- Systemised sales and marketing processes that create predictable revenue.
- Core operational systems to finally remove yourself from the day to day.
- Trusted peer advisory partners within your cohort.
- A robust financial model for scaling and a clear understanding of your funding options.
- Measurable growth in your key business metrics, including revenue and profitability.
- A raised personal and brand profile, with the knowledge to strategically leverage PR.
- The strategic discipline to prioritise high-impact tasks that drive meaningful results.
- A strategy for market expansion, including entry into new domestic or international markets.
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You won't find quick wins or viral business hacks here. Build a business that lasts.
It’s easy to get caught up in the allure of quick wins and viral trends. While these can be tempting, they often lack the substance needed for long-term success.
We believe in building businesses that stands the test of time. Our program is designed to equip you with the knowledge, practical skills and support to achieve sustainable growth.
We focus on solid business fundamentals, rather than chasing fleeting trends!
This isn't coaching and it's definitely not an online course.
It’s a strategic growth partnership. Here’s how we’re different:
- Founder-to-CEO capability building: We don't just advise; we equip you with the skills, strategic discipline and leadership mindset to evolve from founder to CEO.
- Action-oriented live sessions: Learn and apply key business frameworks through our hands-on, expert-led workshops. We focus on practical application, not just theory.
- Unparalledled mentoring: We're backed by seasoned mentors with a proven track record of building and scaling successful ventures.
- Designed for female founders, by female founders: This program was intentionally built to be flexible and time-efficient, respecting the unique demands on your time and focus.
- Accountability & focus: We’ll keep you focused on what’s important and hold you accountable to achieving your goals.
- Direct & honest feedback: This is a space for robust, constructive feedback designed to challenge your assumptions and accelerate your learning—not just to tell you what you want to hear.
- Clear path to growth-driven results: We guide you to build a personalised growth roadmap and an actionable plan you can execute with confidence.
Inside the growth accelerator program.
Personalised Strategic Growth Roadmap
Your living, breathing operational plan for the next 10 months, built around your specific goals.
Fortnightly Growth Traction Meetings
We don't just 'check-in. Review progress against your goals & workshop your strategic challenges. It’s radical focus and accountability, delivered consistently.
1:1 Strategic Mentorship
8 high-impact, 1:1 sessions with a matched mentor focused on overcoming your specific roadblocks and unlocking opportunities.
Expert-led Workshops
Deep dives on advanced topics essential for sustainable growth and scaling, from digital marketing to new market entry and financial management.
Implementation Sprints
Build critical capacity in your business with focused 2-4 week projects. We provide the plan, tools and expert support to ensure you don't just learn, you build.
Community & Global Network
Gain access to our curated community. We facilitate valuable connections with your cohort as well as our global network of mentors, investors and industry experts.
We Build Capability, Not Dependence.
Most accelerators give you advice. We give you leverage. We don’t just give you a plan; we partner with you for 10 months to build the skills, systems, and confidence you need to lead your company’s growth long after the program ends.
Built for Impact
A rigorous 10-month sprint ensures you don’t just learn, you implement. We build momentum directly into your operations.
Hands-on System Building
Through dedicated sprints, we move beyond theory to install your core frameworks for strategy, finance, and marketing.
By Founders, For Founders
We designed a program that is demanding yet flexible, respecting the unique pressures on a female founder’s time.
Hear what our alumni has to say.
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This program transformed my business - I now have a team and I'm no longer working 7 days a week!
When I started the program I decided to focus on becoming a better leader and building a team. I had 2 amazing mentors that helped me every month and we created systems in my business for when I bring in new staff to make sure I get the right staff at the start. I was working 7 days a week including at night. My team has grown from 2 to 6 and I’m really grateful to now have weekends off! -
I can see that I've created a business that will be bigger than me.
The program provided me with focused support that gave me a structure to make decisions for myself. The sense of community from my peers knowing I wasn’t going it alone. Getting into the habit of looking at our CEO metrics and numbers weekly made me realise that when I first started my business I made myself a job and now I can see that I've created a business that will be bigger than me. -
Secured our first wholesale order, after previously focusing solely on direct to consumer.
Throughout the program I had access to experts who helped me to solve friction points in my business. Previously I’ve had a lot of conflicting advice about where I should take the business and through the program I've learned to lean into who I am and who the company is. The confidence that I now have is in every other aspect of my business. Plus we secured our first wholesale order.
Here's the deal.
While we appreciate the value of all businesses, our programs are designed for female-led ventures with the potential for high growth and significant impact driven by innovative and scalable business models.
You probably won’t see immediate results and sticking to the path and following the recommended process can be a challenge for some.
Building a successful business takes time and dedication. There are no quick fixes or overnight successes. Success is often the result of consistent effort and strategic planning. Our structured approach will guide you through the process, helping you make informed decisions and achieve sustainable results.
This is for the Ambitious. The Committed. The Ready.
We have designed this accelerator for a specific type of founder. You are a great fit if:
- Your business is in the Early Growth to Growth Phase, with annual revenues typically between $300,000 and $700,000.
- You are the founder or co-founder.
- You’re building a truly scalable business in a high growth industry.
- Your company is for-profit or has a for-profit component.
- You are ready to invest in yourself and fully commit to the intensive process.
- You're open to honest and direct feedback and are willing to put in the work to get things done.
- You are stubborn on the vision but flexible on the details.
This Program is NOT for:
- Businesses in the idea or pre-revenue stages.
- MLMs, franchises, independant consultants or most brick-and-mortar, retail/hospitality.
- Those looking for a quick fix or who are not interested in scaling their business.
- Founders who care more about being right than getting results.
An investment in your company's most valuable asset: You.
Building a venture requires a strategic investment of both time and capital.
Day/time: Sessions are generally held Thursdays 9:30am AWST.
Time commitment: Expect to invest 4- 6 hours per week. This includes one core session weekly and dedicated implementation work. The goal of this investment is to build systems that give you time back.
Hybrid format: combination of face to face and online or a fully digital enabled program. Designed for you, anywhere you are.
Program fee
This is an equity free, fee based program (normally $9900) that has a number of co-funded scholarships available.
The following co-funding support is available:
- Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) is co-funding 50% of the $9900 program fee for up to eight female founders and co-founders seeking growth in the agribusiness, food production, food value adding and food processing sectors. (2024 cohort)
*For co-funded scholarships the remainder of the program fee can be either paid as a one off payment of $4950 or 12 x monthly payments of $412.50.
We encourage you to view this not as a cost, but as an investment in building the engine to add six figures or more to your annual revenue. The real expense is staying stuck.
Guided by those who have been there, scaled that.
2025 Cohort – Key Dates
August 2025
Applications Open
30th August 2025
Applications Outcome
September 2025
Program Starts
July 2026
Program Showcase
Your questions, answered.
Our cohorts are kept small and capped at 12. We limit numbers so we can work closely with each participant.
Yes, they sure can. In fact we recommend that co-founders participate in the program together. There is a small additional fee of $1000 ex gst for co-founders to join.
Elevate isn’t another thing on your list; it’s the system to clear your list, permanently. The 10-month time investment is structured to give you back hundreds of hours a year, every year.
We want to ensure that each participant meets the goals and objectives of the program and that it is suitable for them. Our program framework and curriculum are curated for particular industries and growth ambitions.
We Are Emersyn 100% backs our programs and the curriculum. We know they get results, but only if the participant is dedicated and sticks to the process. We do not offer refunds. However, we understand that extraordinary circumstances do happen and as such we will review those circumstances on a case-by-case basis.
Consider the cost of another year stuck at your current revenue, working nights and weekends. This program is an investment in building an 8-figure asset and buying back your time. The ROI is measured in years of saved mistakes and accelerated growth.
Have a question that wasn’t on the FAQs? You can email your additional questions to info@weareemersyn.com
Stop building a job. Your next chapter of growth starts now.
Leave the burnout and the revenue plateau behind. Build a business that scales and sustains you. The first step is a simple conversation to see if we’re the right partner to help you achieve your vision.
*2024 Cohort
The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) is proud to support We Are Emersyn’s Elevate Program – fostering the growth of female-led food and beverage businesses. The program aligns with DPIRD’s objectives to improve capability, competitiveness, and general capacity in small to medium enterprises.
To support the initiative, DPIRD is co-funding 50% of the program fee of up to eight female founders and co-founders seeking growth in the agribusiness, food production, food value adding and food processing sectors.
Eligibility
The support package is targeted at food and beverage manufacturers or businesses undertaking post-harvest, value-add processing of primary production.
Value-adding is defined as any activity that transforms primary production from its original or raw form (i.e. commodities) into a state which is perceived as more valuable to the end consumer (i.e. products), thereby accruing higher margins to the producer.
Food retailers and hospitality businesses are not eligible.
