CORE VENTURE STREAM

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

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:

1. Go this page, and click “Register Your Venture”
2. 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
3. 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:

1. In your e@UBC Dashboard, you will find the ‘”Lean Launchpad Application”. Click there and you can submit your application