Idea to Launch Class Outline and Flow
Entrepreneurial Edge Idea to Launch and On Demand Classes are unique. We help you plan, design, and launch your new business during the program. The in-person training is super fast-track and lasts only 12 hours over several days or up to 12 weeks. Online classes are hybrid and let you start, stop, and jump ahead to the section that meets your needs at any given stage of your business planning or pivoting process. We are your guide-on-the-side providing coaching, mentoring and access to resources along the way to help you accomplish your goals and turn your business dream into reality.
Once you take Idea to Launch, you will understand the ideation process - how to get your next BIG idea on paper and out of your noggen. You will learn how to design your perfect business using the Entrepreneurial Edge business design tool and the Business Model Canvas. You will understand how to identify and reach your ideal customer. And you will learn the steps to start your new venture - whether it is a for-profit, social enterprise, or even a not-for-profit organization.
Ideation and Getting Focused
Business Planning and Business Model Design
The Art of the Start
Show Me the Money
Class Part 1 – Orientation, Navigating your Small Business Toolkit, Ideation tool to Focus - The Quick Plan™, 4 Factors of Entrepreneurial Goal Setting, and the components of an Executive Business Plan.
Class Part 2 – Design Your Perfect Business using proven business model tools, Validation Phase, Peer Review and Initial Customer Development using an Advisory Board, and Advisor Compensation
Class Part 3 – The Art of the Start, Corporate Structure, Creating a Launch Plan, Marketing Tools, and Creating Your Value Proposition
Class Part 4 – Show Me the Money - learn the ins-and-outs of angel, alternative and debt financing, Developing a Powerful Pitch, Tools to Lead