Deadline: 22 November 2024
Believe in the potential of your idea? As an aspiring entrepreneur, you might wonder if your concept holds promise in the entrepreneurial landscape. Enter Collide Validate – where you’ll gain the skills necessary to test your idea directly with your customers, shaping the destiny of your entrepreneurial vision.
Collide Validate is a six-week program that equips you with the skills needed to critically test and evaluate your idea within the marketplace.
Designed to establish a robust foundation in primary market research and customer interviewing, Collide Validate navigates through the nine critical building blocks of the business model canvas. With a keen emphasis on Customer Segments and Value Propositions (desirability), you will emerge equipped to discern whether to pause, pivot, or propel your venture forward, decoding if company creation stands as your next entrepreneurial evolution.
Benefits
- Market Research & Validation: Assess your product-market fit and validate your business idea through targeted market research, including real-world feedback from potential customers.
- Customer Discovery: Engage directly with potential customers to gain insights that will strengthen your business concept.
- Training & Networking: Gain hands-on training from top innovation leaders while building valuable connections within Atlantic Canada’s entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem.
- Fuel Your Business: Earn a $500 stipend upon completing the Collide Validate program by attending all sessions, completing the take-home tasks and conducting 50 customer discovery interviews—providing an early boost to help grow your venture.
- Co-Curricular Record (CCR): Dalhousie and King’s students can request to add the program to their CCR, enhancing their resumes and supporting applications to graduate programs.
Eligibility Criteria
- You must be a current student, faculty member, or a recent graduate (up to 2 years) at a university or college in Atlantic Canada.
- You should possess a business idea that you are eager to validate. Whether it’s a spark of innovation or a well-defined concept, they welcome your entrepreneurial vision.
- Teams with 1 or 2 members are eligible to participate.
For more information, visit Dal Innovates.
