Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to the Instantaneous!

    • How to use this course

    • So excited to start our journey together

    • Moment of reflection and alignment

    • Pre-work Cohort Agreement

    • Pre-work: 4th Sector's Integrated Innovation System

    • Pre-work: Business Model Canvas
  • 2

    Week #1: Kick-off

    • Week #1 Meeting Recording Part 1 of 2

    • Week #1 Meeting Recording Part 2 of 2

    • Weekly Assessment
  • 3

    Week #2: Scalable Prototype

    • Weekly Summary

    • Week #2 Meeting Recording

    • Mentor Inquiry

    • Fast Pitch Builder

    • Video Pitch

    • Weekly Assessment

    • Weekly feedback

    • Prototyping

    • TRL Assessment Assignment

    • Risk Cube Assignment

    • Technology Map Assignment

    • Weekly Fast Pitch
  • 4

    Week #3: Business Case

    • Weekly Summary

    • Week#3 Meeting Recording

    • Introduction to Business Case

    • SWOT Analysis

    • Competitive Analysis Grid

    • Porter's Five Forces

    • Weekly Assessment

    • Weekly feedback

    • Weekly Fast Pitch
  • 5

    Week #4: Business Case

    • Weekly Summary

    • Early stage financial forecast

    • Example from guest speaker Michael Lim

    • Introduction to Financial Statements and Modeling

    • Week #4 Meeting Recording

    • Weekly Assessment

    • Weekly feedback

    • Weekly Fast Pitch
  • 6

    Week #5: Business Case

    • Weekly Summary

    • Business Plan Template

    • Week #5 Meeting Recording

    • Weekly Fast Pitch

    • Weekly feedback
  • 7

    Week #6: Resource to Scale

    • Weekly Summary

    • Pitch Deck – Initial Draft

    • The Art of the Pitch

    • Great Pitch Treasure Hunt

    • Week #6 Meeting Recording

    • Weekly Fast Pitch

    • Weekly feedback
  • 8

    Week #7: Resource to Scale

    • Weekly Summary

    • The Founder's Dilema: Rich or King

    • Ready for This Journey?

    • Week #7 Meeting Recording - Public Speaking, Funding & Pitch

    • Weekly feedback

    • Weekly Pitch Deck Practice Video
  • 9

    Week #8: Resource to Scale

    • Weekly Summary

    • Peek behind the VC decision-making curtain

    • Week #8 Meeting Recording

    • Weekly feedback

    • Weekly Pitch Deck Practice Video
  • 10

    Week #9: Initiate Scale

    • Weekly Summary

    • Week #9 Recording - Legal Fundraising with Joytika

    • 4th Sector Innovations Early Stage Funding Source Summary

    • Inside the early-stage investor's mind

    • Cap tables and term sheets and legal documents! Oh, my!

    • Weekly Pitch Deck Practice Video

    • Weekly feedback
  • 11

    Week #10: Initiate Scale

    • Weekly Summary

    • Week #10 - Initiate Scale

    • Weekly feedback

    • Weekly Pitch Deck Practice Video
  • 12

    Week #11: Integrate

    • Weekly Summary

    • Week #11 - Integrate - Recording

    • Weekly Pitch Deck Practice Video

    • Weekly feedback
  • 13

    Week #12: Integrate

    • Weekly Summary

    • Weekly feedback
  • 14

    Next steps

    • Congrats! Here's what's next...

    • Before you go