What you'll learn through Future Startup Now Founders

Week one

Lean startup methodology: build, measure, learn

Breakdown:

• What is the lean startup method and why is it useful?
• What is an MVP and how do I make mine?
• What should I measure to validate my idea?

Speaker Marie Krebs, People Operations Manager, Learnerbly

MVP - what does it look like? Beta testing MVP: Offering a solution to the problem

Breakdown:

• What is a minimum viable product?
• What does an MVP for my startup look like?
• How can I iterate on my MVP to validate my idea and assumptions?

Speaker: Afiya Chohollo, Director of Technical Program Management, Onfido

Week two

Milestones to track product development and community engagement

Breakdown:

• What work should I prioritise in the first months of working on my business?
• How do I measure the success of my solution with regard to the problem I’m solving?
• How do I set goals to mark my progress?

Speaker: Pac O’Shea Project Director | Product Owner | Agile Coach, Theodo UK

User research: speaking to customers and understanding the problem better

Breakdown:

• Identifying my target audience
• Designing surveys and conducting research
• Competition and understanding the size of the market for my goods and services

Speaker: Alex Vasili Head of Creative Services, MVF

Week three

Community building: sharing insight, keeping up conversations, maintaining relationships with early users

Breakdown:

• What communication channels should I use to build my community?
• What topics should I discuss with my community?
• How do I delight my customers and create feedback loops?

Speaker: Iulia Tudor Investor Engagement Manager, Digital Catapult

No Code Tools and building products

Breakdown:

• What no-code tools are out there for building products?
• How can no-code tools help me organise my business behind the scenes?
• No code tools for managing contacts, tracking sales and relationships and more

Speaker: Chrissie Smith Head of Operations, HANDS HQ

Week four

Forecasting and other finance essentials

Breakdown:

• How much money will it cost to run my business?
• Pricing and revenue
• Tools and models for forecasting, invoicing and accounting

Speaker: Saalim Chowdhury Growing & Accelerating Ventures, Intersection of Corporates, Startups & Investing

Incorporation, contracts and other legal essentials

Breakdown:

• How to incorporate your limited company
• What legal teams at startups do
• What to watch out for when you first start up your biz

Speaker: Oyinloluwa Baikie Commercial Legal Counsel, Deliveroo

Reaching customers: hacks, things that don’t scale, marketing channels

Breakdown:

• Customer profiles and marketing personas
• Where does my target audience spend their time online? / How can I connect with them there?
• Cost-effective ways to get my customers’ attention

Speaker: Raquel Soares Marketing Manager, GoCardless

Week five

Team building, advisors/mentors: whose help matters most

Breakdown:

• Understanding my strengths and areas of development
• Which areas of development are most critical to my business succeeding?
• Filling in the gaps: finding experts related to my market and target audience

Speaker: Abi Adamson Global Talent Acquisition, AKA UK

Leadership: peer network, essential skills and resilience

Breakdown:

• My leadership toolkit
• Personal development goals and strategies
• My resilience toolkit

Speaker: Yumika Brewster Strategy and Operations Lead, Portify

How to launch and keep launching and tracking success metrics

Breakdown:

• Devising a launch strategy for sharing my business with the public
• Learning from my first launch to launch again and repeat campaigns
• How to pick success metrics and how to use data to make better decisions

Speaker: Matt Davey COO - Chief Operations Optimist, 1Password