Evening Idea Accelerator Program

The Creative Coast Idea Startup Bootcamp powered by ATDC is a 12-week program following current best principles for launching a business. It is heavily based on the teachings of Steve Blank (an entrepreneur turned professor from Stanford) and Eric Riess (the author of Lean Startup)

All classes except teaser will run from 6-8pm, and feature about 1 hour of lecture, one hour of workshop and/or share.

Schedule/Overview

1/8 – “Start with the Why” - Pre-course teaser class.

Intro Session on the Bootcamp.

Homework: What’s Your Why?

Free to all interested parties

1/15 – “Customer Discovery Overview”

Overview of the Business Model Canvas and Customer Discovery Process

Homework: Draft 1 of BMC

1/22 – “How to conduct a Customer Interview”

Homework: Go out and interview 10 people (note: this will repeat every week for duration of

Program.)

Mentors: Assist with Crafting Hypothesis/Tests/Interview Questions.

1/29 – “Customer Archetype / Persona”

Homework: Interview 10 people

Customer Archetype Worksheet

Mentors: Assist with Customer Discovery Shares.

2/5 – “Customer Journey – Follow the Money”

Homework: Interview 10 people

Customer Journey Worksheet

Mentors: Assist with Customer Discovery Shares.

2/12 - “ Pivot or Persevere”

Checkpoint – meet one on one with a mentor

2/19 – “Financial Literacy”

Homework: Key Financial Assumptions & Financial Model

2/26 – “Financial Model Review”

Homework: Elevator Pitch

Mentors: Finance Help with Model, 1 per team?

3/4 – – “Making It Real”

Legal & Accounting Best Practices

3/11 – “Elevator Pitch/Executive Summary”

Homework: Executive Summary

Mentors: Critique Elevator Pitch

3/18 – “The Pitch”

Review the Exec Summary & Learn about Pitch

Homework: Pitch Deck

Mentors: Red Pen Executive Summary

3/25 – Pitch Practice

Mentors: Critique Pitch