You are cordially invited to attend an initial information session (free-of-charge), and then if interested, to attend an intensive 10-week Business Clinic: Investor Ready course to learn how to grow your venture from an untested idea to a business worth investing in.
Initial information session with Start-up Scientist Paul Smith:
Date: 26 February 2013
Time: 19h00 to 20h00
Cost: Free-of-charge
Business Clinic: Investor Ready course presented by Paul Smith:
Dates: Weekly from 5 March 2013 to 7 May 2013
Time: 18h00 to 21h00
Cost: R3000
The
Business Clinic: Investor Ready programme is a 10-week crash course in creating the foundation for a sustainable and valuable enterprise. The purpose of the programme is to equip entrepreneurs and social innovators with the practical knowledge to match their passion and vision.
In this practical course, participants take lessons learned, from both successful and unsuccessful ventures, and apply them to their own businesses. Each workshop will push participants to question the assumptions underpinning their organisation as they uncover their ventures' true value proposition.
At
The HUB Johannesburg, we believe that start-ups and small businesses are one of the key drivers of innovation and change in society. Our goal is to support dynamic individuals who are part of a new generation of practical change-makers.
Idea to company in 10 weeks
The odds
About 10% of new businesses fail every year. This means that about half of businesses will stop trading within 5 years.
The research
8-years of research and reviewing over 1500 studies has shown that success rates vary widely depending on the decisions of the entrepreneurs. In fact, a 3-year study on 2994 startups showed that 91% of entrepreneurs that made good decisions succeeded.
Good decisions
Good decisions can explain most of the difference between startups that succeed and fail. Years of research on 100 000s of entrepreneurs has shown what those decisions are. The primary goal of the Business Clinic: Investor Ready course is to help entrepreneurs make better decisions and put them in a group where 90% succeed.
The course
The course runs over a 10-week period and provides entrepreneurs with the decision making skill to start a high-growth business. The course is based on research looking at how the best companies and entrepreneurs launch new businesses. Similar content is taught at the world's leading business universities.
The theory
During the 10 three-hour sessions you will learn how expert entrepreneurs think and behave, perform deliberate practice activities to improve your entrepreneurial skills, and plan weekly tasks to set up your business. Each week you will develop a key entrepreneurial skill.
The practice
Between sessions you will take action steps to make your business happen. The goal by the end of the course is to have made your first sales and have a validated, scalable business that can grow into a thriving business.
The statistics
The Start-up method has helped 100+ entrepreneurs get to first sale during the course, and a number of those have gone on to build successful businesses.
The presenter
The presenter is Start-up Scientist Paul Smith. He has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses, has founded four companies, and has taught at the Wits Business School, Branson Centre, Ackerman Academy, and more. He is a PhD candidate in entrepreneurship, researching start-up predictive models.
Further information and bookings
For further information and bookings, contact:
The HUB Johannesburg
