Stanford Seed Spark South Asia Cohort 5.0 @ Venture Center

Greetings from Venture Center !!!

 

Venture Center is happy to bring you the Fifth cohort of Stanford Seed Spark an online learning program designed by Stanford Seed – an initiative of Stanford Graduate School of Business

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Seed Spark curriculum has been developed by Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) faculty. Seed Spark is a five-month, online entrepreneurship program designed by Stanford Graduate School of Business and offered by Stanford Seed for early-stage entrepreneurs in traction or growth stages to build their strategy, grow their network, and ultimately boost their business acumen. 

Venture Center continues its partnership with the Stanford Seed Spark program for their fifth cohort to facilitate this opportunity for the Venture Center start-ups. 

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Here are some key highlights of the program: 

  1. Stanford Seed Spark is a 5-month, online program designed for early  stage entrepreneurs
  2. Hands on experience that features:
    • Live video conference sessions with Stanford Seed Business Transformation Advisors and invited guest industry experts to launch each learning module. 
    • Active, practical, online learning modules with key activities and tools tailored for early stage entrepreneurs.
    • Peer huddles to foster networking and brainstorm solutions. 
    • 1:1 Mentorship support through meetings about program activities, which are directly applied to the entrepreneur’s venture or business idea.
    • The program culminates with ‘Certificate of Completion’ issued by Stanford Seed, on successful completion of prescribed requirements and a Competition for Cash Prize and Pitch Video to be displayed on a public facing website.

Which startups should apply ?

  • Have a prototype or Minimum Viable Product/service already in place.
  • Officially registered business with clean records of handling financial transactions
  • Decent website with all relevant information. LinkedIn presence is a bonus.
  • Entrepreneur being a current member or alumni of Venture Center and should be founder or one of co-founders of the start-up. Only one entrepreneur per start-up can be nominated
  • Looking for mentors to help them grow or raise funding
  • Comfortable with an entirely online learning program. Have an undisrupted internet connection and proficiency in using digital tools.
  • An entrepreneur who is working full time in the start-up nominated for Spark program. (i.e. Throughout program duration, the nominated participant should not be running a different business or working full-time as an employee in any other organization).

Important Program Dates and Topics of Live Expert Sessions

Program Date Topic
September 1, 2022 Program Launch and Orientation
September 7, 2022 Get To Know Your Customers
October 12, 2022 Prototype and Test Your Idea
November 1, 2022  Build Your Value Chain
November 2, 2022 Go-To-Market Strategy
November 23, 2022 Unit Economics and Pricing
December 12, 2022  Business Model Canvas & Pitching

*Event time is scheduled from 10 AM – 12:30 PM IST. Subject to change, unless communicated otherwise.   

Program fees:  USD 150/per entrepreneur

(*Complete Refund of the program fees at the end of successful completion of the program and receipt of the certificate) 
    
Apply for Expression of Interest https://tinyurl.com/btcmpcjc

Expression of Interest Due Date: August 17,2022(EOD)

Program Starting Date: September 01, 2022

Program Ending Date: January 31, 2023

To know more about the program, contact- 

Soma Chattopadhyay

Mobile:+91-9172232211

Email:managerincubator@venturecenter.co.in

          soma@venturecenter.co.in