Overview:
The program invites you to work through the challenging process of testing and validating your business idea in a way that’s approachable, effective, and road-tested by a growing community of UBC entrepreneurs like you.
The key reason this program can benefit you: The LLP can help you address the number one reason why startups fail.
Who Should Take The Lean Launch Pad Program (LLP):
- You are serious about establishing a startup
- You currently have a startup, and you want to refine your business strategy to build traction for your business
- You have at least 2 team members (including yourself)
- You are committed to understanding your customer, their problem or needs
- At least one of your founders is a UBC staff, faculty, researcher, student or alumni of UBC within 5 years
What You’ll Learn
- How to conduct customer discovery
- The tools to work towards a clear product-market fit
- Develop your venture’s value proposition
- How to validate your market
- Figure out your business model
Results
- Over 121 UBC ventures have participated in the Lean Launch Pad Program (LLP)
- Examples of ventures that have attended LLP: Acuva Technologies (oversubscribed in pre-seed financing), Aspect Biosystems (BCTech Association 2016 Technology Impact Award for Most Promising Startup) , Arbutus Medical (received $1 million investment from Grand Challenges Canada to scale operations), Birch Biomed
Want to APPLY NOW? Deadline is April 9, 11:59PM
For new ventures that have not registered with e@UBC before:
- Go this page, and click “Register Your Venture”
- Once you have created an account, you can register your venture in your e@UBC Dashboard, or join your team’s venture in our database
- After you have registered or joined a venture, you will find the ‘”Lean Launchpad Application” in your e@UBC Dashboard. Click there and you can submit your application
For ventures that are already registered with e@UBC:
- In your e@UBC Dashboard, you will find the ‘”Lean Launchpad Application”. Click there and you can submit your application
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