Week 1
Course Overview, Ideas, Innovation, & Risk, Defining a Startup, The Founder’s Job
Foresight’s Launch program is for Canadian companies in cleantech, agtech, buildtech, or industrial innovation sectors. Program eligibility includes:
"Foresight’s program was really valuable for us. They understood what we were trying to accomplish, they mentored us on the right path, taught us how to pitch, and brought in the expertise we needed."
This six-week CEO training course supports companies with a clearly articulated and plausible problem-solution statement and the capacity to test it.
Course Overview, Ideas, Innovation, & Risk, Defining a Startup, The Founder’s Job
Why Create a Business Model, Deep Dive: Business Model Canvas, Business Model Canvas Examples
Customer Development Model, Customer Discovery & Validation
Customer Discovery Tools, Buyer Types and Profiles
Discover Your Market Type, Market Segmentation, Your Market Size, Positioning Statement
Technology Adoption Lifecycle, Minimum Viable Product , Pitching / Pitch Coaching
Showcase of Pitch Sessions
Launch offers a structured approach to developing your go-to-market strategy proposition and validating your product-market fit.
Through exercises, 1:1 coaching, and group discussions, you’ll learn how to apply the tools to your business.
Highly experienced coaches with relevant industry experience will help put you on the shortest path to validating your business model.
Our 8-week program gives you the tools you need as quickly as possible so you can get out and apply them.
Connect with other early stage ventures to learn from others’ strengths, discover other business models and build a network.
After graduation from the Launch course, participants have the opportunity to be invited into the Launch Residency Program to receive continuous support.
Companies in the Residency Program have continued access to their EIR and the opportunity to tap into our larger EIR and mentor network.
Every 90 days, companies in Foresight’s Residency Program present to a panel of EIRs to help them understand where they are and what needs to be addressed next to achieve their goals.
Quarterly Reviews provide valuable insights and experience, including:
The advisory panel helps you interpret the CMA and set your priorities for the next 90 days. This helps you grow the value of your company, test hypotheses, and reduce your risk.
Understand what you and your team are capable of achieving in a set period of time. Discover how to structure your activities as SMART goals and how to be accountable to a Board, investors, customers, and other stakeholders.
Prepare for dealing with a Board of Directors by providing a safe space to present and manage group conversations. Learn to present information to elicit useful advice, answer questions in a complete and concise manner, and seek input while inspiring confidence.