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Jenny Jing Zhu Collective

The Jenny Jing Zhu Collective is a collaborative initiative with a mission to empower, uplift, and celebrate female founders who break barriers to create lasting legacies.

Benefits

Coaching: Every year, we’ll handpick 20 outstanding female & non-binary founders to benefit from our Collective’s rich offerings including executive coaching, mentorship, and events

 

Scholarship: Among the 20, Jenny will personally select 3 exceptional founders who demonstrate perseverance, vision, and ingenuity to be awarded a $10k scholarship to further leadership development and education.

 

Amplification: Scholarship recipients will be embedded into storytelling campaigns to profile and celebrate strong females who represent resilience and the overcoming of challenges.

Eligibility

To be eligible for the Jenny Jing Zhu Collective, you must:

  • Be a female entrepreneur
  • Identify as Asian/Pacific Islander
  • Be a founder in Gold House’s Futures Network. If you are not already a part of the Gold House Futures Network, you may apply for the Collective and simultaneously apply to join Futures at goldhouse.org/futures-network/

About Jenny Jing Zhu

 

Jenny Jing Zhu is the author of “Dream Weaver” about her journey as an immigrant who created her own American dream. She founded Lush Decor in 2008, and has turned it into a hundred million dollar home decor company. Jenny traces her success to the many obstacles she faced growing up in a small rural village in China without electricity and emigrating to the U.S. in her twenties only able to speak a few sentences in English.

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