IGNITE YOUR SUSTAINABLE IDEA
GoodStartup School
The Accelerator for
female impact ideas
The GoodStartup School (GSS) is a virtual Accelerator and community for female impact entrepreneurs to define, design, and measure their business idea progress.
It is developed and delivered by female entrepreneurs for female entrepreneurs.
5 WEEKS – IGNITE YOUR IDEA
Here are the outlines of what will be covered during the course, what your tasks will be each week and what our expectations are, so you will be fully prepared to have an exciting and positively learning experience!
Learn how to turn your startup idea into a viable business idea in our 5 weeks online Accelerator!
Our hands-on programme supporting female-led impact startups at an early stage taking participants from idea to prototype to end with a ready-made pitch and a Minimum Viable Product based on validated customers needs.
Week 1 – Discover
Is there a need for your product or service and a potential market?
Week 2 – Validate
Am I building something people want and are willing to pay for it?
Week 3 – Impact
Why and how can we design purpose-driven ideas and impact business models that is aligned to at least one SDG.
Week 4 – Build
What is my Minimum Viable Product/Service and how to create something you can present to further test your idea?
Week 5 – Shine
What are the keys to designing and delivering a winning pitch?
What you will do
Learn how to get to Product-Market-Fit for your idea
Learn Lean Startup Methods
Use the Sustainable Business Model Canvas for your business model
Validate your business idea at the customer
Build a Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
Pitch your idea
What To EXPECT
5 weeks duration with experimental learning methods
Mentoring to keep you on the right path
Additional homework to speed up the progress of your business idea with feedback in the next week
Frequently Asked Questions
- Virtual Meetings
The whole program is taught virtual. The virtual sessions will be on a regular weekly basis. Recordings will be made available for those who can’t make it all the time. - Tools used
Communication with instructors and the teams is done using a team collaboration tool. Virtual White Boards are provided to each team. - Age
You are never “too old” to start a business. You are very welcomed and we love to get your inspirational ideas and feedback on other ideas. - Time Commitment
There will be online classes 2 x 3h a week and 2h mentoring. You should prepare yourself with material provided upfront the class.
Additionally you need to work on your project – and very importantly validate at potential customers. So 20h per week will be needed. -
Virtual Meetings
The whole program is brought to you virtually via Zoom. But don’t worry – you won’t be online the whole weekend. There will be sessions for all participants and there are time slots were you work as team as you want.Tools used
Communication with instructors and the teams is done using a team collaboration tool. Virtual White Boards are provided to each team.
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What some of them are saying
“Successfully pitched yesterday at The GoodStartup School by WeDO5 graduation! It was an engaging and motivating 5 weeks, time in which we managed to pivot 2 and learn so much!
Thanks WeDO5! Thanks Astrid Weikmann Franziska Nemmer and Amarilla Nirmala, M.A. for empowering us all! Thank you to all mentors: Jernej Dekleva (Jay) Markus Waghubinger Markus Kleinfercher.”
“TThanks WeDO5 for five intensive weeks The GoodStartup School by WeDO5 and an exciting pitch event tonight.
I learned a lot and it strengthened my desire to get engaged in an impact startup. Susanne Liedtke and myself will pursue our idea to offer SEED CYCLING – an organic seed blend which can improve female cycle problems by balancing their hormones.”
“Great experience on 5 weeks to The GoodStartup School by WeDO5.
Great ideas, great mentors, great team!
Million thanks to Asetila Koestinger, Astrid Weikmann Franziska Nemmer!
You make us believe that we can change the world!.”