The Startup Foundations Program
What is It?
The Startup Foundations Program is our incubator and includes The Planning Lab, The Launch Lab, and The Management Lab. The program helps early-stage tech founders validate their business idea, create a minimum viable product, build a roadmap for implementation to launch, and then launch and manage their new business.
Early-stage entrepreneurs have the freedom to focus on starting a business with the flexibility to access learning and resources anywhere, at any time. Entrepreneurs are guided through each stage of starting and growing a business, from conceptualizing a business idea to creating their first tech-based product or service and learning how to pitch to customers.
Your Challenges?
How It Works
Our Startup Foundations Program labs are filled with Playbooks that are completed via structured sprints that include constant feedback to help you reach the milestones required to generate outside investment and growth.
Over the course of the program, founders get exposure to the different domains important in building a venture: sales, marketing, operations, fundraising, technology, finance, leadership and more. The Startup Foundations Program consists of advanced courses and exercises, peer-to-peer sessions, goal-focused workshops, and support from our Lab Leads. Upon completing the program, startups should be ready to launch within three months and generate revenue within six months.
Unlike other programs, there is no equity requirement to join The Startup Foundations Program, just membership fees. However, select startups may be invited to exchange equity for services by our parent company, partners, or investors during the program.
For Serious Founders & Startup Teams at the Earliest Stages
Our Startup Foundations Program is designed for founders and startup teams at the pre-seed, seed, and growth stages, including first-timers, people making the leap from employee to entrepreneur, and small teams.
We work with founders and startup teams who need a virtual accelerator or incubator experience.
Our Labs
Tailored to your Needs
Since different founders and startup teams have different needs, the Startup Foundations Program is split into three labs (The Planning Lab, The Launch Lab, and The Management Lab) with unique Playbooks, sprints, and milestones. Founders and startup teams also get recommendations on sprints and Playbooks specifically designed to address their unique business challenges.
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What You’ll Accomplish
The bar for completion varies by individual, business, and stage. Some founders and startup teams raise funding in the program, but at the very least, you can expect to leave the program with the following:
The Startup Foundations Program – The Planning Lab, The Launch Lab, The Management Lab
- Fully Validated Business Idea & Vision
- Significant Progress on Team
- Significant Progress on Product
- Investor-friendly Corporation
- Formal Business Advisors
- Clear Milestones & Actionable Next Steps
The Startup Foundations Program Experience
You will build your business in a structured, proven process alongside other like-minded entrepreneurs.
Proven Process to Build Fast & Cost-Effectively
- In development since 2011
- Updated frequently based on feedback
Highly Structured and Sequential
- Clear growth sprints with deliverables
- Engineered to reduce complexity and help you focus
Constant Feedback from Mentors
- Feedback Sessions and Office Hours on your pitch, progress, and data to help you make the right decisions.
No More “Analysis Paralysis”
Our process removes uncertainty and helps you focus on the right things in a sequential fashion.
Program Focus
- Orientation
- Pitching
- Vision
- Customer Development
- Leadership Development
- Sales & Customer Acquisition
- Product Development
- Revenue Modeling
- Legal & IP
- Branding & Design
- Marketing
- Financial Planning
- Team & Advisors
- Hiring & Onboarding
- Fundraising
- KPIs and Growth Strategy
- Technical Diligence