There will be three winners who will get free accelerator-like support for a year from a diverse P&G Alumni team of investors and seasoned start-up leaders. This includes mentoring, as well as investor and business development connections. Winners will also present their businesses to the global audience at the P&G Alumni Global Conference on June 12-14, 2025 in Berlin, one of the capitals of innovation and business growth. The overall winner will be recognized as the P&G Alumni Star Entrepreneur of 2025. You could be the one!  Apply before January 31st, 2025.

What’s next?

If you are a founder and want to submit your company to be considered as a candidate for the P&G Alumni Star Entrepreneur of 2025, please apply here.

Don’t miss this opportunity.  Apply before January 31st, 2025.  Previous participant verbatims include:

“We built our confidence through the Catapult process developing our courage to pitch to a global audience and going after international investors. Because of the Catapult, we were able to open our horizons”

“We got some momentum with advisors and investors right after the event but what was more important is that we presented our vision to the global alumni audience and to do so we strengthened the strategic positioning of our business.”

If you have any doubt, please write to us at businesscatapult@pgalums.com.

Want to know more about the Alumni Foundation?

With a sense of gratitude for skills learned and friends made at P&G, the Alumni Foundation harnesses the power of our alumni network to pay it forward and empower people around the globe. We are a non-profit established to give charitably as the philanthropic arm of the P&G Alumni Network. The Foundation applies and multiplies P&G alumni expertise to help people in need thrive economically. Through strategic grant-making to charitable organizations with active P&G alumni involvement, we empower people around the globe to build bright, sustainable futures through jobs, vocational training, and new business start-ups.

If you would like to donate, click the link below. For information on donating through Donor Advised Funds or other methods, contact Sarah Woods at swoods@pgalums.com.

She is a 20-year veteran of Starbucks, where she held a variety of leadership roles as the company grew from 50 stores in the US to 55 countries globally. Jessica also held senior roles in China for iconic brands like the Walt Disney Company and Claire’s Accessories.

Jessica is committed to helping organizations understand how to better engage with Chinese businesses and consumers globally. Recently recognized by IPWS with their Lifetime Achievement Award, Jessica works actively to advocate for placing women on executive boards, because the data shows it is just good business. You’ll enjoy this candid conversation about mentorship, sponsorship, and knowing what it takes to win in China.

This is part of our Chinese leaders series – hosted by P&G Alumni Emily Chang. Got an idea for a future “Learnings from Leaders” episode? Reach out at pgalumpod@gmail.com

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Navigating through uncertainty can be done with different superpowers. Our speakers will inspire you with what they practice and what has proven to stabilize their business and people during these times. They are open to sharing their secrets exclusively with P&G alumni as a gesture to give back to the alma mater which unites us all.

David Taylor, former CEO of P&G had already agreed at the Global Conference in Washington in 2023 to join the next one as he very much appreciates the growth mindset of P&G alumni and their solution-oriented attitude. Listen to his words in his video message here and follow his call to be one of the early birds to book your ticket. “Early bird”-tickets are available now at 499€ (full price will be 649€)

Fernando got his start at P&G, where during his 23-year tenure, became the President of P&G Brazil.

Fernando currently serves on several boards, some of which include CVS Health, Synchrony Financial, and Duke’s Fuqua School of Business. Fernando’s been active in the Coach K Center on Leadership and Ethics, the International Board of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, and received the NFL’s Hispanic Heritage Leadership award in 2011. He was also the first Hispanic CEO to participate in CBS’s Undercover Boss. In a spanning conversation of fantastic stories, get ready for some lessons learned across cultures, and around the world.

This is a replay from one of our earliest episodes in 2020 celebrating Hispanic P&G Alumni leadership for Hispanic Heritage Month. Got a favorite past guest, or idea for a future “Learnings from Leaders” episode? Reach out at pgalumpod@gmail.com

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Jorge shares his story growing up in Peru (the son of a teacher), becoming an All-American NCAA soccer player, and setting up a company in a foreign country. He shares the importance of building a business culture without compromising ethics and integrity. Ultimately, for Jorge, the most important results come from growing your business and your organization.

This is a replay from one of our earliest episodes in 2020 – celebrating Hispanic P&G Alumni leadership this Hispanic Heritage Month. Got a favorite past guest, or idea for a future “Learnings from Leaders” episode? Reach out at pgalumpod@gmail.com

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