Inspire
Turn your passion or idea into a reality
Introduction to the Inspire Program by Spring
Inspire Overview
Inspire Program Worksheet
Welcome to Inspire
Tasks from the Introduction
Part 1: Going from passion to problem
Opportunities vs. Passion
Simon Sinek - How Great Leaders Inspire Action (AKA Start with the WHY)
Defining Your Why
Defining Your Why
Defining your Values
Defining the values that will shape your business
An example of defining the Why and Values
Discussion: Passion, Vision, Values
Tasks for A Good Foundation
Defining the Problem
Problem Definition
Discussion: Problem Statement
Tasks for Problem Statement
Ensuring we remain focused on the customer
How the concept of Lean helps us to plan and launch our businesses
The Lean Concept & Your Business
What are pivots and when do we need to do them?
Why the Concept Pivots is Important to Know Now
Discussion: Lean & Pivots
Tasks from Running Lean
The Lean Impact Canvas - Introduction
Lean Impact Canvas Part 2: Problem and Customer
Lean Impact Canvas Part 3: The Solution, and Competition
UPDATED: The Lean Impact Canvas - Mapping How You will Change the World
UPDATED: Spring Lean Impact Canvas Template with Sample
Discussion: Lean Impact Canvas
Tasks from Part 4, Mapping out the Business
Elevator Pitch
Elevator Pitch
Discussion: Your Elevator Pitch
Tasks from Telling the story
THE NEXT STEP: Picking your brand to fit your story
Intro: Finding out if you are really solving a problem
Customer Discovery Overview
Customer Discovery: Target Customer
Customer Discovery: The Script
Customer Discovery: The Sandbox
Customer Discovery: Wrapping Up
Customer Discovery
How to Run a User Interview
How To Do (And What To Expect From) Early-Stage Customer Development & Sales
Email Prospecting
Email Prospecting
Avoiding mistakes in Customer Discovery
The Ultimate List of Customer Development Questions
Tasks from Customer Discovery
How Minimum Viable Product applies to you, and all businesses
Minimum Viable Product (MVP): Some examples
Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
Trevor Owens discusses MVP and Lean
Discussion: MVP
Tasks from MVP
Co-founders
Team & Execution
The Ultimate Guide to Creating the Perfect Founding Team
How We Built a Tech Startup Without Tech
Equity
Discussion: Co-founders & Equity
Tasks from Co-Founders
Mentors & Advisors
Mentors & Advisors
Top 13 Dos and Don'ts for Business Introductions
How to meet influential people
Tasks for Mentors & Advisors
What now?
Program Completion Survey
Business Model Builder Template
SpringImpactScorecardTemplate
An introduction to Impact: Changing the World
How Shared Value can help you define your impact on the world
How you can add impact metrics to your business
Intro: Getting some basics in place
Pareto/80-20 Principle and Accountability
Discussion: Accountability Partners
Tasks from the Bonus Material
THE NEXT STEP: Guiding you from Idea to Startup
Chapter 2: Sales & Marketing
Chapter 3: A Guide to Building a Startup Finance Plan
Chapter 4: A Guide to Pitching your idea
Chapter 5: A Guide to Dividing Equity
Chapter 6: A Guide to Funding A Startup (though the lens of a US startup)