Improve Your Support Services And Remove The Highest Universal Risks On The Journey!
Growth Academy is our proven and repeatable methodology to help startups to grow without "reinventing the wheel" and without wasting lot of time trying to connect the dots
Some of our customers:
The Knowledge Available Is All Fragmented And Doesn't Give You A Well-Defined Framework And An Overview Of The Entire Journey
That's because it is hard to accumulate such knowledge and experience and it also takes long time, being also dependent on various sources to refer to when guiding others along the way.
The Cost Of Not Having A Framework When Starting A Business Or Supporting A Startup
It is necessary for startup ecosystems to have a common language and framework to describe, track, measure and guide entrepreneurship and innovation from an “Ideas to Products and into Growing Businesses” and from “Talent to Teams and to effective Organizations” in balanced manner.
When it comes to transferring entrepreneurship and startup knowledge, more transparency, common sense and efficiency is needed on how key knowledge is structured, connected and delivered.
If a clear and well-defined framework is not used, this can cause lot of problems further along on the startup journey.
You and your customers have probably invested tens or hundreds of thousands of euros for your projects.
Investing on knowledge and on a framework is the best way to avoid common mistakes and to learn faster, otherwise:
Common Mistakes
You fall into the most common mistakes along the way that can be avoided
Wasting of Time
Without a framework to follow you waste lot of time trying to "connect the dots" and to find the right knowledge
Wasting of Money
Without a clear path to follow you waste lot of money and energy on attempts
Not Optimal Decisions
The decisions you make could be not optimal in the long-term perspective and the actions could be not effective
Growth Academy Online Training Helps You To:
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Design good interventions for startups
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Design rapid sustainable solutions
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Reduce startup failure risks
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Boost your startup ecosystem
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Scale your support services
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Improve your consulting methodology
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Have an efficient toolkit
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Have a proven and repeatable framework to increase the success of your customers
The Ultimate Online Course To Get A Proven Framework To Help Startups To Grow
Tired of buying lot of online courses and always feel there is something missing?
That's why we condensed into Growth Academy all the key knowledge that you need in order to help startups to grow and to boost your ecosystem.
Growth Academy gives you a framework to follow if you want to remove the highest universal risks on the startup journey, without "reinventing the wheel" and without wasting lot of time and money on attempts.
That's because we leverage all the key knowledge captured by multiple serial entrepreneurs, mentors and advisors over the years, as well as best methodologies developed to various parts of building a successful innovative business and effective organization from nothing to success.
Also, while other courses are made by teachers without entrepreneurial experience, our content is created by experienced entrepreneurs at ecosystem level.
That means that we bring 15+ years of experience in different startup ecosystems into one online training that can make the difference in your career.
Furthermore, what differentiates Growth Academy from other online courses are the following points:
☑️ One shot payment & 7 days money-back-guarantee
☑️ Lifetime access
☑️ No hidden monthly costs
☑️ Training by experienced entrepreneurs at ecosystem level
☑️ The ultimate online course to get a framework to follow when advising a startup
Improve your support services and help startups to grow
Our Framework Is Based On The Startup Development Phases
Growth Academy aims to minimize “reinventing the wheel”, by leveraging all the key knowledge captured by multiple serial entrepreneurs, mentors and advisors over the years, as well as best methodologies developed to various parts of building a successful innovative business and effective organization from nothing to success.
Modules:
Module I: Startup Journey
- General presentation about startup development phases: from formation, to validation, to scaling. Key points from each of the stages from various perspectives (entrepreneur, team member, mentor, investor etc.)
- Key terminology: idea & innovation, entrepreneurship & startups
- Key success & failure factors
- Investors, valuation, advisors & mentors
- How startup stages help in building a venture
- How do investors and others view startups
- How is value built and measured in various phases
- Basic methods & tools
- Additional tools & resources for self learning
Module IB: Startup Ecosystems
- General presentation about startup development phases (from formation, to validation to scaling) specifically from the support role’s perspective.
- Key terminology: idea & innovation, entrepreneurship & startups
- Innovation megatrends
- Why startups?
- Startup as a category
- Understanding & mapping startup ecosystems
- Public-private partnerships
- Developing startup ecosystems
- Maturity levels and measures for startup ecosystems
- Measuring and Collecting valuable data
Module II: Formation
- Focus on the formation phase, which is the most crucial phase for co-founding team building
- Preparing for the journey: what things to focus on and why?
- Value of ideas & how to innovate more systematically
- Building BIG visions, Measuring potential
- Success & failure factors
- Mission, Vision & Strategy
- Co-founder team building
- Shareholder agreement (SHA)
- Idea / team & Problem / solution fit
- Market timing and journey, planning in short & long term
- Funding options and strategies at this stage
- Additional tools & resources for self learning
Module III: Validation
- Focus on product/service build and validation phase, which is the most crucial phase for future revenue and profitability generation
- What things to focus on and why?
- Defining a product and MVP
- Defining initial business model
- Customer development and future prioritization
- Extended team building and funding options
- Validation metrics
- Methods & tools
- Additional tools & resources for self learning
Module IV: Scaling
- Focus on scaling phase, crucial phase for getting serious about building a real and scalable business
- What things to focus on and why?
- Business planning
- Go to market strategies
- Born global & internationalization
- Scaling metrics (KPI’s)
- Recruiting
- Building processes
- Funding options
- Working with big companies
- Methods & tools
- Additional tools & resources for self learning
Get The Most Out Of Growth Academy With Our Certification Programs!
It is necessary for startup ecosystems to have a common language and framework to describe, track, measure and guide entrepreneurship and innovation from an “Ideas to Products and into Growing Businesses” and from “Talent to Teams and to effective Organizations” in balanced manner.
Startup ecosystem development is about breaking ecosystem sylos, sharing resources, removing inefficiencies and bringing connectivity and standardisation at all levels, all of which require use of common language.
When it comes to transferring entrepreneurship and startup knowledge, more transparency, common sense and efficiency is needed on how key knowledge is structured, connected and delivered.
That's why we created our certification programs targeted for different ecosystem actors.
In the following picture you can learn more about our certification programs:
Pricing Options
These options are for individual trainers only, if you'd like to get certified as a company please contact us (growthacademy@startupcommons.org)
Growth Academy
$997
One-shot payment & Life-time access
Growth Academy online training
All the materials (slides, booklets...)
Life-time access
7 days money-back-guarantee
No certification
Growth Academy Certification Program (Individual Trainer)
$1147
One-shot-payment & Life-time access
Growth Academy package
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Online training for future trainers
Interview with our team
You'll be listed in our website as a certified trainer
"We have used Growth Academy in Newco Helsinki startup services to make sure our startup advisors have a common understanding of startup ecosystem building and our role in it. We as advisors find it very useful to recognize best practices to ensure we all share the same opinion and methods when working in a direct operative support function as we do. In addition to work as a professional team with different stages of startups in a systematic manner."
Ari Seppänen
Startup Advisor
"I have worked with Startup Commons for many years. During this time I have developed a lot of trust in the company and its leaders. They are extremely competent and experienced both in business and education. Startup Commons is very skilled in making material extremely clear and actionable. The company is also able to position the material in a larger business and societal context, including business models and international dimensions. The student feedback has been excellent."
Liisa Välikangas
Hanken School of Economics
"One of the most popular tracks of the Nokia Bridge program in Finland was the start-up program that provided introduction to people aiming to become entrepreneurs. Objective of the start-up track was to provide a very pragmatic, concrete and realistic input and guidance. The program was well received by the participants and met / exceeded our expectations in terms of content."
Matti Vänskä
Global Head of Nokia Bridge program
For any enquiry email us at
growthacademy@startupcommons.org
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