This new programme is designed to ignite creative thinking, jumpstart your ideas and inspire more female-led business creation in the years ahead.
Applications are currently closed ......details of the 2023/2024 programme will be announced shortly.

The programme will culminate with a Dragons’ Den-style event at which teams who have successfully completed the Stripe I Wish programme will pitch their business idea to a panel of judges during the 2024 I Wish showcase event.

The team that comes in first place will receive a cash prize of €2,500 euro and an additional cash prize of €2,500 euro for their school. Prizes will also be awarded to teams in second, third and fourth place and their schools.

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Groups of up to five girls may enter as a team. We will also consider individual applications. However, given the collaborative and cross-functional nature of running a business, a team entry is more likely to be successful.

Additional consideration will be given to proposals with a strong STEM underpinning e.g. an idea for a business centered on an app you would like to build or a new technology or science driven product or service you would like to create.

Successful teams will be paired with two mentors from Stripe (one from a technical team, one from another part of the business) who will help guide them through the process of building out their idea between November 2023 and January 2024.

Teams will be required to meet with their mentors (virtually, over Zoom) 1-2 times per month starting in November and ending in late January. They will also be required to submit 1-2 page progress reports to their mentors every two weeks.

Successful teams have been notified that they have been selected to participate in the programme. Teams are currently on their mentorship journey with Stripe.

Team meetings with Stripe mentors will be scheduled between 3pm and 6pm on weekdays.

Note that teams will receive bonus points if they can create a prototype of their product or service. However, designing a solution, identifying customers for whom this solution would work, mapping out a path to building the product or service and creating a business plan will also be considered a successful completion of the programme.

The programme will culminate with a Dragons’ Den-style event at which teams who have successfully completed the Stripe I Wish programme will pitch their business idea to a panel of judges during the 2024 I Wish showcase event.

The team that comes in first place will receive a cash prize of €2,500 euro and an additional cash prize of €2,500 euro for their school. Prizes will also be awarded to teams in second, third and fourth place and their schools.

This programme is open to 14 to 17-year-old girls attending second-level schools anywhere on the island of Ireland.

About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue and accelerate new business opportunities. Headquartered in San Francisco and Dublin, the company aims to increase the GDP of the internet.