Deadline: 31 January 2025
Entries are now open for Ignition Startup Accelerator to help founders to refine their value proposition and business model.
Benefits
- Open Access
- You don’t have to be a Western student—as long as you are an entrepreneur at heart, and are driven to bring innovation to the startup ecosystem, they welcome you!
- World-Class Mentors
- Their entrepreneurs in residence (EIRs) who have launched many businesses. Learn from their success and failures—get access to a playbook resource of best practices.
- Part-Time
- Embark on your entrepreneurial journey while keeping your 9 to 5. A mix of virtual sessions and in-person workshops at the Parramatta Engineering Innovation Hub.
- Founder Care
- They take a holistic and personalised approach in accelerating both you and your business by providing support at each step of your growth journey as a founder, not just your startup.
- Integrated Facilities
- Get access to state of the art technology facilities (Makerspace, VR/AR, Podcast studios, micro-factories). Connect with the university expertise, researchers and students.
- Discounts & Benefits
- As a Launch Pad member, tap into a network of industry experts, fellow founders and like-minded community members. Get access to over $200k worth of partner perks.
Delivery
- 15 weeks part-time, each week will include:
- Online clinics: Group mentoring.
- Office hours (optional): 1:1 mentoring.
- Main sessions: half day in-person sessions at Launch Pad Parramatta (12-5 PM).
- Launch Pad experts will be covering all aspects of accelerating early-stage startups such as:
- Introduction & Idea Evaluation; Validation & Understanding Your Customers; Planning Your MVP;
- Building Your Founding Team; Launching; Growing; Strategic Planning; Building a Company;
- Structure, Legal & Accounting Basics.
Eligibility Criteria
- They support startups on a wide range of industries. While their selection criteria are not based entirely on your idea/startup but rather on you as a founder, you still need to have a clearly selected and defined product or service to join ‘Ignition’ Startup Accelerator.
For more information, visit Launch Pad.
