About Course

Getting your impact startup ready to raise capital involves more than just storytelling; it involves demonstrating to investors that you’ve employed a smart and validated approach to business growth. It’s about removing any uncertainties investors might have about your product’s market fit or your team’s ability to manage the invested capital effectively.

In this self-paced Impact Startup Development Program, you’ll learn how to validate your ideas, grow purposefully, and build a business that instills confidence in investors. Designed specifically for Impact Startups to help you start small, scale with evidence-based strategies and develop a strong theory of change. This course offers critical insights and practical steps to position your company for a successful funding round. Whether you’re a new entrepreneur or a seasoned professional, this program, combined with advisors from The Collective, equips you with the tools to craft a comprehensive business plan that advances your mission and ensures you get funding.

What makes this course so unique?

Course Contributors

Buckle up for mind-expanding learning on social entrepreneurship! Our course isn’t just textbooks and lectures; we’ve got a crew of trailblazing social entrepreneurs and leaders from around the globe, contributing their hard-earned wisdom and experiences. The course will take you on a journey of diverse perspectives and insights into the exciting world of social enterprise development.

Kelly D. King (StartEd, New York)

Erich Schlenker (Managing Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship, Appalachian State University)

Kyle Satinitigan (Wesolve, Makati, Philippines)

Drew Edwards (Pangea Education Consult, Chicago)

Owonikoko Olusola (Stanforte Edge, Nigeria)

Kirsten Brosbol (Founder of 2030Beyond, Former Minister for Environment and Danish Member of Parliament, Denmark)

Dr. Segun Fatudimu (Founder and CEO at Impact Toolbox, Canada)

Min Ngo (Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada)

Lisa Ngo (York University, Canada)

Akina, New Zealand

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What Will You Learn?

  • Social entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial journey
  • Problem and solution analysis and validation
  • Developing a theory of change
  • How to align a social enterprise with the SDGs
  • Customer segmentation and competitive analysis
  • Designing business models and customer discovery
  • Creating minimal viable products
  • Finding product-market fit using the lean methodology
  • Navigating startup challenges and incorporating a social enterprise
  • Financial feasibility analysis and business planning

Course Content

Module 1: Creating a social impact model

  • Start with the problem
    01:45
  • What is a theory of change?
    05:56
  • Components of a theory of change
  • Creating your theory of change

Module 2: Thinking Global: Aligning your social enterprise with the global goals

Module 3: Finding your competitive edge

Module 4: Analyzing customers and proposing value

Module 5: Developing the business model

Module 6: Developing a minimal viable product and customer development

Module 7: Financial Feasibility Analysis

Module 8: Bringing it all together

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