InsightsA deeper understanding of how to create a sustainable business, identifying whether your idea has potential and how to change it to make it work.
CO.STARTERS / Ignite Leap
CO.STARTERS is a ten-week programme that equips aspiring entrepreneurs with the insights, relationships, and tools needed to take the next step in building a sustainable business.
If you have an entrepreneurial idea that you’d like to explore and develop, a problem to solve that can make a difference in your community, or you would like to accelerate your existing business, take a look at our CO.STARTERS programmes.
Who can take part?
Aspiring entrepreneurs looking at launching a new product or service
Existing business owners looking
"Intrapreneurs" looking at exploring a new product or service as part of a large organisation
Programme details
Week 1: Knowing yourself - assumptions, working styles, team building, obstacles
Week 2: Knowing your customer - problem, solution, benefit, competition, advantage, customer
Week 3: Getting the relationship right - marketing and message; getting, keeping and growing customers
Week 4: Building the model to scale - starting small, distribution, revenue, typical sale, price
Week 5: Business structures and legal considerations - registering a business, licenses and permits, IP, hiring
Week 6: Discovering your bottom line – startup and ongoing needs, fixed and variable costs, break-even point
Week 7: Accounting for growth - break-even point, sales projections, cash flow, accounting
Week 8: Planning for the future - raising capital, growth plans, goal setting, pitch prep
Week 9: Practice pitch
Week 10: Showcase/celebration night - sharing your story and pitching
What you get out of CO.STARTERS
During CO.STARTERS you develop and fine-tune your ideas, critically examine every part of your business idea and determine the next steps, all through real-time feedback from people in the community.
A globally, proven programme
CO.STARTERS is an established programme that has been run in communities around the world for over 10 years. Become part of this global success story.
350+
Communities served globally
24,000+
Entrepreneurs & small businesses served
95%
Business 1-year survival rate
Testimonials
Alejandro Davila - Conical Studios“Coming from a technical background, CO.STARTERS provided me with the foundation I needed to implement my concept into a business model that has taken me and my team into the company we are today.”
