CEOs with ambitions to scale to £10M+ revenue are being invited to apply for Catalyst’s 2021 Way to Scale Bootcamp.
Catalyst is offering 20 ambitious CEOs, along with up to two members of their senior team, access to a training opportunity designed to help them drive exponential growth in their businesses.
Delivered with support from Belfast City Council, the Way to Scale Bootcamp will feature four 90-minute, online workshops from 23 to 27 of September, focused on topics such as value proposition, business growth, go-to-market strategy, market positioning, team dynamics and business risk.
The Way to Scale Bootcamp is open to companies, with an ambition to scale in the innovation space that are generating £500,000+ in revenues or have attracted a similar amount of equity funding.
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Participation in the bootcamp makes CEOs eligible for the full Way to Scale programme, which comprises three intensive weeks of training modules from January to March 2022, delivered in Belfast, Boston and leading US university the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Utilising Catalyst’s experienced network and proven training professionals from MIT and Northern Ireland, the Way to Scale Programme is designed to help ambitious, innovation driven entrepreneurs to crack £10 million of revenue.
John Knapton, executive coach and experienced entrepreneur, said: “We want ambitious founders of growing and scaling companies in this part of the world to have a 'shoot for the stars' mentality and to give them both the confidence to set audacious targets and the tools to achieve them.”
The team leading sessions at the Bootcamp includes entrepreneurship expert Bill Aulet, who leads the development of entrepreneurship education at MIT, previously held senior roles at IBM and has raised more than $100m in funding for his own ventures.
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Catalyst is an independent, not-for-profit organisation focused on fostering entrepreneurship and innovation, supporting transformative businesses and developing Northern Ireland’s tech sector.
The Way to Scale programme has already supported the transformation of 20 Northern Ireland, innovation driven companies through substantial revenue and staff growth.
More details can be found at www.waytoscale.org
Source: Written from press release.
