FACEBOOK STARTUP CIRCLES PROGRAM

Participants. To be eligible for the Program, You must:

1. Be eighteen (18) years or older at the time of application,
2. Reside and be a legal resident in the same location as the Startup Circle You are applying for,
3. Be in a designated leadership or management position at your business or organization (your “Startup”) (e.g. CEO, CTO, COO), or otherwise the founder or co-founder, and
4. Be authorized to represent, act, and enter, on your Startup’s behalf. You may not apply as a Participant of the Program as a member of more than one (1) Startup. Startup Requirements. To be eligible for the Program, Your Startup must:
5. Have a minimum of two (2) employees (including yourself),
6. Have a minimally viable tech-dependent product offering (e.g. digital product is core to the business),
7. Have a business-to-business or business-to-consumer sales model,
8. Hold a valid business state licensure, and (e) have an existing Business Manager account dedicated to your Startup. ​​​​​​​Maximum Participants at Same Startup. More than one (1) individual from a Startup may apply for the Program but only those individuals who meet all of the eligibility criteria will be considered. A maximum of four (4) Participants will be accepted from a single Startup, on a first come first serve basis. Government Officials. Government officials or those related to a government official are ineligible to participate in the Program. A government official includes officials, employees, or anyone else acting in an official capacity on behalf of a government or government agency (e.g., legislators, regulators, police, judges), state-owned/controlled enterprises (e.g., professors at state universities, executives at state-controlled companies); political parties or campaigns; public international organizations (e.g., U.N. or World Bank officials); and candidates for public office. For purposes of these Terms, “related” is defined as any spouse, partner, parent, legal guardian, child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, in-law, or those living in the same household (whether or not “related”).