Leverage VCET’s #ScaleHere Perks
3, 2, 1, Lift Off! Leverage VCET’s #ScaleHere Perks to Take Your Business Above & Beyond
Being an entrepreneur is hard…you know what’s harder? Accelerating your business! As time-consuming and stressful as it can become, many VCET members and Vermont entrepreneurs are able to successfully launch their business by utilizing our #ScaleHere Perks Platform. Here at VCET, we have always strived to ease the pressure of finding accessible resources, from offering affordable co-working membership at $100/month to launching the #ScaleHere Platform in April 2019, we are always looking for ways to make resources and business discounts more accessible to entrepreneurs across Vermont.
By becoming a member you can also experience these amazing perks and benefits because we believe free coffee, beer, and coconuts weren’t enough (although those are pretty top-tier perks), here’s a breakdown of the type of resources you’ll have access to:
Cloud Credits:
Google Could Startup Program – $100,000 USD in Cloud and Fireball Credits.
Amazon Web Services Activate Program – $5,000 USD in AWS Promotional Credit.
Digital Ocean – $1,000 USD in infrastructure credit and all the benefits of their startup community.
Build Bigger with IBM – Get up to $120,000 USD in IBM cloud credits.
Payment Processing:
Stripe – $20,000 USD of fee-free payment processing.
Chargebee – Access to their most popular plan, Rise, FREE for up to two years (up to $299/month or $7,200 in savings)
Bookkeeping:
Quickbooks – Up to 50% off the first six months.
CRM:
Hubspot for Entrepreneurs – Up to 30% off.
Hubspot for Startups – Up to 90% off in your first year if eligible.
HR:
Zenefits – 20% off all packages and products.
BambooHR – 35% off new BambooHR implementation for new customers.
Justworks – First two months of administrative services free.
Rippling – New customers can get six months of Rippling products for free.
Education:
Champlain College Online – As a truED Alliance, VCET members (of at least one year), their spouses/domestic partners, and eligible adult dependents qualify for preferred tuition pricing.
Technical Tools:
Tuple – 50% off lifetime.
Magic – One year of Magic authentication for free, 50% off the second year.
Segment – Eligible startups get full access to the Team Plan, free for up to two years. Access to $1M in free software, deals on AWS, Google, and Intercom, Analytics Academy, and educational resources.
Recruiting:
Terminal – Flexible pricing for startups.
Operations:
Earth Class Mail – 10% off the first year with promo code.
Clerky – 20% discount on Company Lifetime Package.
Capital:
Carta – 20% off first-year subscription discount and waived implementation fees for new clients.
Organizational Tools:
ClickUp – 30% off Unlimited Plan and 15% off Business Plan for the first year for new signups.
Not a Burlington local? Don’t worry – we were excited to be able to partner with 5 other non-profit innovation hubs in the state, all with different geographical ranges to offer these perks across Vermont. They each have unique communities and startups and are solving problems to make starting a business anywhere in Vermont possible. Our launch partners include:
Do North Coworking, Lyndonville
The Space on Main, Bradford
The Mint, Rutland
Black River Innovation Center, Springfield
The Lightning Jar, Bennington
