A quick reference to the terms you’ll meet across Babele.
Space (community) — a self-contained workspace for one use case (a program, community, challenge or training), with its own members, content and settings.
Program — a structured journey within a space, with its own framework, planning, KPIs and participants. A space can run several.
Venture — an accepted startup, company or project with its own profile and workspace. The label is configurable — it may appear as Company or Startup.
Application & round — the intake form(s) applicants complete; an application can have multiple rounds (for example form, due diligence, interview).
Key venture questions (yellow) — application questions mapped to standard venture-profile fields, which auto-populate the profile on acceptance. Other questions are “blue” (custom).
Evaluation criteria — weighted, star-scored dimensions evaluators use; the platform computes a weighted overall score.
Framework — a program’s curriculum — sections (milestones) containing topics (lessons/activities) with learning content and activities.
Deliverable / activity — work a venture submits for a topic; it can be reviewed, given feedback and approved.
Stage gate — a lock that keeps later sections closed until the current stage is approved.
Planner — the program timeline — Calendar (dates and deadlines) or stage-gate progression.
Data room — a venture’s document repository (the Resources tab), with per-file privacy and Drive/Dropbox import.
Request (matchmaking) — a posted ask for mentoring or expert help, matched to relevant experts.
Portfolio KPI vs. venture KPI — a metric applied across all ventures, versus one tracked on specific ventures.
Circle — a tagged sub-group of stakeholders used for targeting and privacy.
Home feed — the space’s activity and announcement feed.
Related: What is Babele and what can I do here? · What’s on a venture profile?
