Accelerate your startup project with the support of successful founders and industry leaders.
The series of eight workshops is based on a mission and challenge approach to enhance the validation and execution of your business case. Our goal is to support the best startup talents in Switzerland in order to build world-class startups the fastest way possible.
This is how we work together during our acceleration workshops:
Intro with key tools, checklists and objectives, using benchmark examples from successful founders
Identification of your individual priorities, key missions and tasks
Definition of your objectives and milestones, with a focus on maximized value creation
You work and exchange on the identified core missions for your startup with the experts suport. Pitching, debriefing and challenging of your results. Get inputs to improve and accelerate
External industry experts, mentors and supporters will be invited to the workshops. If you have any questions about the program, please don't hesitate to contact Gian (gs@venturelab.ch).
Some of our trainers and entrepreneurs
Apply if you have an innovative startup project and the ambition to conquer the world. Or, if you are a Master student, doctoral candidate, postdoc or member of staff at ETH Zurich or EPF Lausanne or any other Swiss university carrying a solid high-tech startup project.
The Ask the Entrepreneur workshops will help you to:
Shape your entrepreneurial proposal
Build an execution track record
Validate the contents of the "investment-ready" package and offer it to investors
Content
Ask the Entrepreneur #1: The story of your startup
Stress test: who buys what and why?
Name of the game in your industry, checklist requirements
Build all essential communication tools, from intro mail to BP's
Ask the Entrepreneur #2: Entrepreneurs and teams
Checking the entrepreneurial readiness
Building and structuring the team
Building a networking plan to access key contacts and resources
Ask the Entrepreneur #3: Strategic clarity and execution roadmap
Define the value creation roadmap
Methodologies and tools to establish your execution plan
Communicating and executing the plan
Ask the Entrepreneur #4: How to pitch your startup & Pitch session
What investors want to hear
The perfect structure for your pitch deck
Famous pitch examples & best practice
Improve your pitching skills
Ask the Entrepreneur #5: The art of sales
Negotiating and building value added deals
Closing sales and partnership
Ask the Entrepreneur #6: Operational excellence
What it takes to run a company
Setting up and growing a startup
Management tools for entrepreneurs
Plannings, cockpits and reports: Get in control
Ask the Entrepreneur #7: Building an investable vehicle
Foundation to create a solid company
Clearing legal aspects (incorporation, recruitment, regulations)
Capturing intellectual capital
Ask the Entrepreneur #8: Closing the investment
Accessing investors
Structuring and negotiating investment terms
Get ready for the funding process