the main benefits of our acceleration program
THE 3 PILLARS OF ELEVATE
AN INNOVATION MINDSET CANNOT BE LEARNED, IT HAS TO BE EXPERIENCED
In our 4-month innovation program, intrapreneurship teams go through a hands-on innovation program alongside startups, learning critical innovation knowledge and validating their idea with the help of our in-house experts.
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from beginning to end
The ELEVATE Process
BOOTCAMP 1
LEARNINGS
- How to use the Value Proposition Canvas
- Business Model Canvas & Personas
- The principles of lean startup
- Customer development & the Mom Test
- How to set up easy experiments to test customer interest
OUTCOME
- List of most important hypotheses
- A clear, actionable testing plan to validate these hypotheses
RELEVANCE
BOOTCAMP 2
LEARNINGS
- UI & Design
- UX, Prototyping & Usability Testing
- Data Strategy & Management
- Agile Product Management
OUTCOME
- Low-fidelity prototypes
- First user reactions to these prototypes
RELEVANCE
Creating paper prototypes and wireframes of first ideas doesn’t take long but will 1) help them align on their visions 2) allow them to get instant feedback on their solution and input on how to make it better before even building it. This will significantly reduce development costs in the long run, as well as time to market.
BOOTCAMP 3
LEARNINGS
- Short & mid-term financial planning
- How to set up relevant KPIs
- Stakeholder Relations
- How to navigate roadblocks in the organization
OUTCOME
- Financial Plan
- Relevant, trackable & achievable KPIs
- Stakeholder Map
RELEVANCE
In this bootcamp, intrapreneurs will understand the importance of will give them an understanding of how much money they have to make and how to make it a viable business & help them track their progress to a product that creates value for the user & is financially viable for the compan. Will help them navigate the stakeholder management jungle.
BOOTCAMP 4
LEARNINGS
- The Principles of Growth Marketing
- Value Driven Sales
OUTCOME
- Prioritized list of marketing initiatives and experiments
- Sales Action Plan
- Professionally designed slide deck & pitch
- Extended network in the corporate innovation & startup scene
RELEVANCE
Understanding product, marketing and lean methodology as an entity helps create viral loops in the product. At the same time, applying a data-driven testing mindset in marketing helps understand the customers, why some things work and some don’t and how to fix them quickly.
Value driven sales will give intrapreneurs a sales approach that builds long-lasting customer relationships built on trust and value-generating. This approach also provides a great follow-up to the customer development interviews done in month 1, helping convert interviewees into customers.
BOOTCAMP 5
LEARNINGS
- Pitching their idea & progress
- Answering tough questions
- A look ahead into internationalization
OUTCOME
- Professionally designed slide deck & pitch
- Extended network in the corporate innovation & startup scene
RELEVANCE
Learning to present their idea/product to different audiences with different goals as well as answering challenging questions will be crucial for the future success of the team.
The Demo Day is a perfect opportunity to attract potential partners or investors.
it’s all about who you know
NETWORK
STARTUP / CORPORATE EXCHANGE
Improve your intrapreneurship team’s dynamic capabilites by working alongside startups and learning together with them.
The ELEVATE bootcamps are designed in a two track system, where intrapreneurs and entrepreneurs will learn together and from each other where it makes sense and have individual sessions when needed.
EXPERTS
We work with selected experts in various fields. A few examples:
EVENTS
Our flagship events are designed to bring people together, build their networks and collaborate. We start and end the program with our network of industry leaders, investors and entrepreneurs so our participants can leverage this network to the fullest.
- Kick-Off Breakfast
- Demo Day
- Hackathons
support wherever you need it
HANDS-ON SUPPORT
For corporate intrapreneurship teams, executing innovation is usually the toughest part. Missing expert knowledge or rigid structures in house make it hard to flexibly and quickly build prototypes and test them in a lean way. That’s why our team of growth marketing, product development and innovation experts is ready to support your intrapreneurship teams hands-on. Every team is supported by an innovation coach, guiding them through the process and supporting with topics like stakeholder management, validation, etc. Depending on their needs and team setup, we can additionally create their own support team which will be there every step of the way, supporting the team throughout the program, building experiments, prototypes and marketing campaigns with them.
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