Genesis, together with Meta, is launching a Startup Academy, a free program for Ukrainian and European tech entrepreneurs

Genesis, together with Meta, is launching a Startup Academy, a free program for Ukrainian and European tech entrepreneurs on how to grow and scale a successful tech business. They have brought speakers from Meta, Amazon Web Services, VC/IC funds, Notion, and many more on board this Academy and want to help startup founders grow. There are some Startup Academy highlights: 

• The program will cover business models, strategy, finance and investments, team and people management, and other stages of the startup lifecycle.
• Participants will have mentor sessions, get up to $100K credits from AWS for product development, and be certified by Meta Blueprint.
• An opportunity to raise venture capital.
• Mentor sessions and discounts for using services from other partners.

Startup Academy is an opportunity for founders to join an international community of startup-minded entrepreneurs with great ambition and impressive track records, get in touch with VCs, and win a chance to raise capital. 

PROGRAM

• In and outs of startup life and growing a successful business
• The fundamentals for the growth of startups and the key criteria for successful business development
• Avoiding scaling an unprofitable business: intro to unit-economics

• Blueprints for crafting a successful startup launching strategy
• Hands-on experience in conducting effectual market research
• Building a team that won’t sink your business
• Pivoting a business

• Stages of company development
• Successful operation of different teams: management principles
• Building effective teams while scaling your business
• Product management

• Expertise in analytics which drives critical business decisions and craft successful strategies
• Building an analytics team
• Product analysis in a nutshell

Marketing

• Designing a digital marketing action plan lined up with the business goals
• Choosing the right platforms and tools to meet the business goals
• Reach more customers, build better products and run your business more efficiently with the Facebook tools by The Meta Blueprint Team

Finance & Investments

• Advice on attracting investors and getting funds
• Cases and key steps to securing investments for business
• Due diligence for a startup
• Payments in your product

Innovation & Partnership

• Boosting business with the help of Creators
• Creating steps to develop confidence in the negotiation process
• Negotiation tactics and frameworks based on everyday situations in business and life

Team and people management

• Critical issues for the labor market
• Useful strategies for recruiting talents in a tight labor market
• Growing effective teams

Pitch Day

At the end of the program, all participants will have the opportunity to pitch their startups to venture capital funds. We look forward to powerful and profound work based on the knowledge gained during the Startup Academy 2.0.

However, we cannot guarantee that your startup will receive funding. Nevertheless, being capable of making the investors truly fall in love with your product, you will get the chance to raise money and scale your business.